cmd/torrent/main.go   | 18 ++----------------
 cmd/torrentfs/main.go |  4 ++--
 util/loghttp.go       | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

diff --git a/cmd/torrent/main.go b/cmd/torrent/main.go
index 02975df4601066b5f67a536c615013799711a364..140c35845065d7e12c24e43f0225e66092b3a41f 100644
--- a/cmd/torrent/main.go
+++ b/cmd/torrent/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bitbucket.org/anacrolix/go.torrent/dht"
+	"bitbucket.org/anacrolix/go.torrent/util"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
@@ -41,22 +42,7 @@ }
 
 func main() {
 	if *httpAddr != "" {
-		addr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", *httpAddr)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("error resolving http addr: %s", err)
-		}
-		conn, err := net.ListenTCP("tcp", addr)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("error creating http conn: %s", err)
-		}
-		log.Printf("starting http server on http://%s", conn.Addr())
-		go func() {
-			defer conn.Close()
-			err = (&http.Server{}).Serve(conn)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatalf("error serving http: %s", err)
-			}
-		}()
+		util.LoggedHTTPServe(*httpAddr)
 	}
 	dhtServer := &dht.Server{
 		Socket: func() *net.UDPConn {
diff --git a/cmd/torrentfs/main.go b/cmd/torrentfs/main.go
index dfe820501dd4b0f28d981c25b92b181005aa8ed0..e8e7211d6c4bd1b92c77efc5eb7602630b37b1f7 100644
--- a/cmd/torrentfs/main.go
+++ b/cmd/torrentfs/main.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ 	torrentPath     string
 	mountDir        string
 	disableTrackers = flag.Bool("disableTrackers", false, "disables trackers")
 	testPeer        = flag.String("testPeer", "", "the address for a test peer")
-	httpAddr        = flag.String("httpAddr", "", "HTTP server bind address")
+	httpAddr        = flag.String("httpAddr", "localhost:0", "HTTP server bind address")
 	readaheadBytes  = flag.Int("readaheadBytes", 10*1024*1024, "bytes to readahead in each torrent from the last read piece")
 	testPeerAddr    *net.TCPAddr
 )
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ 		os.Exit(2)
 	}
 	log.SetFlags(log.LstdFlags | log.Lshortfile)
 	if *httpAddr != "" {
-		go http.ListenAndServe(*httpAddr, nil)
+		util.LoggedHTTPServe(*httpAddr)
 	}
 	conn, err := fuse.Mount(mountDir)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/util/loghttp.go b/util/loghttp.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b63ad4e4674a5c5d10e9c3b88bf816f73f86d084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/loghttp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func LoggedHTTPServe(addr string) {
+	netAddr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error resolving http addr: %s", err)
+	}
+	conn, err := net.ListenTCP("tcp", netAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error creating http conn: %s", err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("starting http server on http://%s", conn.Addr())
+	go func() {
+		defer conn.Close()
+		err = (&http.Server{}).Serve(conn)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("error serving http: %s", err)
+		}
+	}()
+}