diff --git a/other/websockify.c b/other/websockify.c
index 4032171..a093e1c 100644
--- a/other/websockify.c
+++ b/other/websockify.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <sys/select.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include "websocket.h"
 
diff --git a/websockify/websocket.py b/websockify/websocket.py
index 889bc40..1058f88 100644
--- a/websockify/websocket.py
+++ b/websockify/websocket.py
@@ -1011,6 +1011,7 @@ class WebSocketServer(object):
                         self.msg("In exit")
                         break
                     except Exception:
+                        _, exc, _ = sys.exc_info()
                         self.msg("handler exception: %s", str(exc))
                         self.vmsg("exception", exc_info=True)