diff --git a/examples/filelistd.c b/examples/filelistd.c
index 45fb4c2..8063b52 100644
--- a/examples/filelistd.c
+++ b/examples/filelistd.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Secure X Message Passing Library v2 examples.
  *
+ * (c) Originally written by somebody else ...
  * (c) Alexander Vdolainen 2013-2015 <avdolainen@gmail.com>
  *
  * libsxmp is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -240,6 +241,9 @@ static int __dir_read(void *m, sexp_t *sx)
   char *buf;
   size_t ln = 0;
   int stid = -1;
+  datastream_t *item;
+  usrtc_node_t *node;
+  char dump[2048];
 
   if (sexp_list_cdr(sx, &lsx) || !sx->list->next || !sx->list->next->val
       || (0 >= (stid = atoi(sx->list->next->val) )) )
@@ -249,8 +253,6 @@ static int __dir_read(void *m, sexp_t *sx)
   }
 
   /* get stream item */
-  datastream_t *item;
-  usrtc_node_t *node;
   pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&_lock);
   if ( !(node = usrtc_lookup(_rd_streams, &stid)) ) {
     pthread_rwlock_unlock(&_lock);
@@ -271,7 +273,6 @@ static int __dir_read(void *m, sexp_t *sx)
     goto __finish;
   }
 
-  char dump[2048];
   sprintf(dump, "(dir-entry (");
   dump_dirent(item->dres, dump);
   strcat(dump, "))");
@@ -289,6 +290,8 @@ static int __dir_close(void *m, sexp_t *sx)
   sexp_t *lsx = NULL;
   sxmsg_t *msg = (sxmsg_t *)m;
   int stid = -1;
+  datastream_t *item;
+  usrtc_node_t *node;
 
   if (sexp_list_cdr(sx, &lsx) || !sx->list->next || !sx->list->next->val
       || (0 >= (stid = atoi(sx->list->next->val) )) )
@@ -298,8 +301,6 @@ static int __dir_close(void *m, sexp_t *sx)
   }
 
   /* get stream item */
-  datastream_t *item;
-  usrtc_node_t *node;
   pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&_lock);
   if ( !(node = usrtc_lookup(_rd_streams, &stid)) ) {
     pthread_rwlock_unlock(&_lock);