diff --git a/rlgwebd.js b/rlgwebd.js
index 88532ba..e8bfaee 100755
--- a/rlgwebd.js
+++ b/rlgwebd.js
@@ -689,6 +689,8 @@ if (process.getuid() != 0) {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
+var httpServer; // declare here so shutdown() can find it
+
 /* Open the control socket before chrooting where it can't be found */
 var ctlServer = net.createServer(function (sock) {
   sock.on('data', conHandler);
@@ -719,7 +721,7 @@ ctlServer.listen(ctlsocket, function () {
     tslog("Could not drop permissions: %s", err);
     process.exit(1);
   }
-  var httpServer = http.createServer(webHandler);
+  httpServer = http.createServer(webHandler);
   httpServer.listen(8080, "127.0.0.1");
   tslog('rlgwebd running at http://127.0.0.1:8080/'); 
 });