diff --git a/src/header/netdb/linux.rs b/src/header/netdb/linux.rs
index 791d94220d..f3f8b80ac1 100644
--- a/src/header/netdb/linux.rs
+++ b/src/header/netdb/linux.rs
@@ -1,29 +1,20 @@
 use crate::{
     c_str::CString,
+    error::Errno,
     fs::File,
-    header::fcntl,
+    header::{errno, fcntl},
     io::{BufRead, BufReader},
 };
 use alloc::string::String;
 
-pub fn get_dns_server() -> String {
-    let file = match File::open(c"/etc/resolv.conf".into(), fcntl::O_RDONLY) {
-        Ok(file) => file,
-        Err(_) => return String::new(), // TODO: better error handling
-    };
-    let file = BufReader::new(file);
+pub fn get_dns_server() -> Result<String, Errno> {
+    let file = File::open(c"/etc/resolv.conf".into(), fcntl::O_RDONLY).map(BufReader::new)?;
 
-    for line in file.split(b'\n') {
-        let mut line = match line {
-            Ok(line) => line,
-            Err(_) => return String::new(), // TODO: pls handle errors
-        };
-        if line.starts_with(b"nameserver ") {
-            line.drain(..11);
-            return String::from_utf8(line).unwrap_or_default();
+    for line in file.lines().map_while(Result::ok) {
+        if let Some(dns) = line.strip_prefix("nameserver ") {
+            return Ok(dns.into());
         }
     }
 
-    // TODO: better error handling
-    String::new()
+    Err(Errno(errno::EIO).sync())
 }
diff --git a/src/header/netdb/lookup.rs b/src/header/netdb/lookup.rs
index 8a17c3d656..22c7b1eb18 100644
--- a/src/header/netdb/lookup.rs
+++ b/src/header/netdb/lookup.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl Iterator for LookupHost {
 }
 
 pub fn lookup_host(host: &str) -> Result<LookupHost, c_int> {
-    let dns_string = get_dns_server();
+    let dns_string = get_dns_server().map_err(|e| e.0)?;
 
     let dns_vec: Vec<u8> = dns_string
         .trim()
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ pub fn lookup_host(host: &str) -> Result<LookupHost, c_int> {
 }
 
 pub fn lookup_addr(addr: in_addr) -> Result<Vec<Vec<u8>>, c_int> {
-    let dns_string = get_dns_server();
+    let dns_string = get_dns_server().map_err(|e| e.0)?;
 
     let dns_vec: Vec<u8> = dns_string
         .trim()
diff --git a/src/header/netdb/redox.rs b/src/header/netdb/redox.rs
index 69e59b2c3d..314dffcd05 100644
--- a/src/header/netdb/redox.rs
+++ b/src/header/netdb/redox.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-use crate::{fs::File, header::fcntl, io::Read};
+use crate::{
+    error::Errno,
+    fs::File,
+    header::{errno, fcntl},
+    io::Read,
+};
 use alloc::string::String;
 
-pub fn get_dns_server() -> String {
+pub fn get_dns_server() -> Result<String, Errno> {
     let mut string = String::new();
-    let mut file = File::open(c"/etc/net/dns".into(), fcntl::O_RDONLY).unwrap(); // TODO: error handling
-    file.read_to_string(&mut string).unwrap(); // TODO: error handling
-    string
+    let mut file = File::open(c"/etc/net/dns".into(), fcntl::O_RDONLY)?;
+    file.read_to_string(&mut string)
+        .map_err(|_| Errno(errno::EIO).sync())?;
+
+    Ok(string)
 }