diff --git a/src/djumbai_dequeue/djumbai_dequeue.c b/src/djumbai_dequeue/djumbai_dequeue.c
index 5a2a5f6..668c57f 100644
--- a/src/djumbai_dequeue/djumbai_dequeue.c
+++ b/src/djumbai_dequeue/djumbai_dequeue.c
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ int main() {
 	}
 
 	// Open the FIFO for reading
-	if (mkfifo(message_queue_path, 0420) == -1) {
+	if (mkfifo(message_queue_path, 0620) == -1) {
 		perror("mkfifo");
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
-	int message_queue_fd;
-	message_queue_fd = open(message_queue_path, O_RDONLY);
-	if (message_queue_fd == -1) {
+	FILE *message_queue_fd;
+	message_queue_fd = fopen(message_queue_path, O_RDONLY);
+	if (message_queue_fd == NULL) {
 		if (errno == ENOENT) {
 			// FIFO does not exist
 			printf("FIFO '%s' does not exist. Exiting...\n", message_queue_path);
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ int main() {
 
 	// Open the FIFO for writing
 	const char *send_fifo_path = "/djumbai/fifos/send_fifo";
-	int send_fifo_fd;
-	send_fifo_fd = open(send_fifo_path, O_WRONLY);
-	if (send_fifo_fd == -1) {
+	FILE *send_fifo_fd;
+	send_fifo_fd = fopen(send_fifo_path, O_WRONLY);
+	if (send_fifo_fd == NULL) {
 		if (errno == ENOENT) {
 			// FIFO does not exist
 			printf("FIFO '%s' does not exist. Exiting...\n", send_fifo_path);
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ int main() {
 
 	unsigned char buffer[MESSAGE_SIZE];
 	while (1) {
-		read(message_queue_fd, buffer, MESSAGE_SIZE);
-		write(send_fifo_fd, buffer, MESSAGE_SIZE);
+		fread(buffer, 1, MESSAGE_SIZE, message_queue_fd);
+		fwrite(buffer, 1, MESSAGE_SIZE,send_fifo_fd);
 		memset(buffer, 0, MESSAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 
-	close(message_queue_fd);
+	fclose(message_queue_fd);
 	unlink(message_queue_path);
-	close(send_fifo_fd);
+	fclose(send_fifo_fd);
 }
diff --git a/src/djumbai_enqueue/djumbai_enqueue.c b/src/djumbai_enqueue/djumbai_enqueue.c
index 2a6b653..0491c18 100644
--- a/src/djumbai_enqueue/djumbai_enqueue.c
+++ b/src/djumbai_enqueue/djumbai_enqueue.c
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@
 
 int main() {
 
-    printf("RUNNING AS UID: %d, EUID %d, GID %d, and EGID %d\n",getuid(),geteuid(),getgid(),getegid());
-	const char *message_queue_path =
-		"/djumbai/fifos/message_queue";
+	const char *message_queue_path = "/djumbai/fifos/message_queue";
 
 	// Open the FIFO for writing
-	int queue_fd;
-	queue_fd = open(message_queue_path, O_WRONLY);
-	if (queue_fd == -1) {
+	FILE *queue_fd;
+	queue_fd = fopen(message_queue_path, O_WRONLY);
+	if (queue_fd == NULL) {
 		if (errno == ENOENT) {
 			// FIFO does not exist
 			printf("FIFO '%s' does not exist. Exiting...\n", message_queue_path);
@@ -25,6 +23,6 @@ int main() {
 	read(0, buffer, MESSAGE_SIZE);
 
 	// Write message to message queue
-	write(queue_fd, buffer, MESSAGE_SIZE);
-    close(queue_fd);
+	fwrite(buffer, 1, MESSAGE_SIZE, queue_fd);
+	fclose(queue_fd);
 }
diff --git a/src/djumbai_send/djumbai_send.c b/src/djumbai_send/djumbai_send.c
index b943a04..5965b4f 100644
--- a/src/djumbai_send/djumbai_send.c
+++ b/src/djumbai_send/djumbai_send.c
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ int main() {
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	int send_fifo_fd;
-	send_fifo_fd = open(send_fifo_path, O_RDONLY);
-	if (send_fifo_fd == -1) {
+	FILE *send_fifo_fd;
+	send_fifo_fd = fopen(send_fifo_path, O_RDONLY);
+	if (send_fifo_fd == NULL) {
 		if (errno == ENOENT) {
 			// FIFO does not exist
 			printf("FIFO '%s' does not exist. Exiting...\n", send_fifo_path);
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int main() {
 	while (1) {
 		// Read message from the send_fifo
 		unsigned char buffer[MESSAGE_SIZE];
-		read(send_fifo_fd, buffer, MESSAGE_SIZE);
+		fread(buffer, 1, MESSAGE_SIZE, send_fifo_fd);
 		// Deserialize the message
 		message msg;
 		deserialize_message(buffer, MESSAGE_SIZE, &msg);
@@ -129,6 +129,6 @@ int main() {
 			wait(NULL);
 		}
 	}
-	close(send_fifo_fd);
+	fclose(send_fifo_fd);
 	unlink(send_fifo_path);
 }