diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fffc349..fe15e29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ By default the application is compiled to utilize `/var/www/html` as the WEB roo
 
 - All new connections will spawn a child process which is used to deal with the request
   - If the process takes longer than 5 seconds to resolve the request, the child process will be killed
-- php-cgi seems to randomly return empty data from scripts without throwing an error message (these are caught and a HTTP 500 response is return)
-  - If the request is made again it will eventually return correct data (this seems to be an issue with php-cgi and not this application)
 - Running `make genCerts` will generate a root authority and generate certificates to utilize for the web server
   - Certificate authority related files start with `ca` while the certificates which should be utilized for the web server omit the `ca`
 - Making a request to the web server which does not match the current protocol (e.g. making a https request when it is server http) will result in the server ignoring the request
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index dd3fad7..8705862 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ char *php_cgi(char *sPath, struct HTTPRequest *r) {
         size_t bufLen = 1024;
 
         buf = malloc(bufLen);
+	memset(buf, 0, bufLen);
         pipe(phpPipe);
 
         pid_t pid;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ char *php_cgi(char *sPath, struct HTTPRequest *r) {
                         } else { // Parent fork
                                 close(phpPipe[1]);
                                 dup2(phpPipe2[0], STDIN_FILENO);
-                                execlp("/usr/bin/php-cgi", "php-cgi", NULL);
+                                execl("/usr/bin/php-cgi", "php-cgi", NULL);
                         }
                 } else {
                         queryString = malloc(strlen(r->requestVars) + 24);
@@ -109,11 +110,15 @@ char *php_cgi(char *sPath, struct HTTPRequest *r) {
                         putenv("REQUEST_METHOD=GET");
                         execl("/usr/bin/php-cgi", "php-cgi", NULL);
                 }
+		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
         } else if (pid < 0) { // Error forking
                 printDebug("Error forking php exec");
         } else { // Parent fork
                 size_t buffCount;
                 close(phpPipe[1]);
+                do {
+                        waitpid(pid, &status, WUNTRACED);
+                } while (!WIFEXITED(status) && !WIFSIGNALED(status));
                 do {
                         buffCount = read(phpPipe[0], buf, BUFF_READ);
                         if (strlen(buf) == bufLen) {
@@ -121,9 +126,6 @@ char *php_cgi(char *sPath, struct HTTPRequest *r) {
                                 buf = realloc(buf, bufLen);
                         }
                 } while (buffCount == 0);
-                do {
-                        waitpid(pid, &status, WUNTRACED);
-                } while (!WIFEXITED(status) && !WIFSIGNALED(status));
         }
 
         close(phpPipe[0]);