diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1fbc18..7aa4096 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ If no path is provided, `atp` will fall back to looking for `config.toml` in the
 
 TODO:
 - [ ] more descriptive error messages
-- [ ] use spawing + channels instead of `select!`
+- [ ] use spawning + channels instead of `select!`
 - [ ] on-the-fly config reload?
 - [ ] UDP proxying?
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0dc445f..44d3dd3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             let listener = TcpListener::bind(SocketAddr::new("0.0.0.0".parse()?, port)).await?;
             loop {
                 let (stream, _) = listener.accept().await?;
-                let to_stream = TcpStream::connect(saddr).await?;
 
                 tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    let to_stream = TcpStream::connect(saddr).await?;
                     proxy(stream, to_stream).await?;
                     Ok::<(), anyhow::Error>(())
                 });