diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df3d3240..8385aa62 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ Usually, one of a few reasons:
 ### Can I bind to Rust/Zig/Go/Java/Nim/C++/D/Pascal/Fortran/Odin/Jai/(Some new "Systems" Programming Language)?
 
 Probably, if that language has a good interface with C. But the programmer may need to do
-some extra work to map Janet's internal memory model may need some to that of the bound language. Janet
+some extra work to map Janet's internal memory model to that of the bound language. Janet
 also uses `setjmp`/`longjmp` for non-local returns internally. This
 approach is out of favor with many programmers now and doesn't always play well with other languages
 that have exceptions or stack-unwinding.
diff --git a/src/core/ev.c b/src/core/ev.c
index 1bb83270..5b0914f5 100644
--- a/src/core/ev.c
+++ b/src/core/ev.c
@@ -1514,11 +1514,7 @@ void janet_loop1_impl(int has_timeout, JanetTimestamp to) {
     }
     BOOL result = GetQueuedCompletionStatus(janet_vm.iocp, &num_bytes_transfered, &completionKey, &overlapped, (DWORD) waittime);
 
-    if (!result) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (overlapped) {
+    if (result || overlapped) {
         if (0 == completionKey) {
             /* Custom event */
             JanetSelfPipeEvent *response = (JanetSelfPipeEvent *)(overlapped);