diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 26e3b92..9ad825c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dnl                 changes are made
 dnl ---
 JACK_MAJOR_VERSION=0
 JACK_MINOR_VERSION=97
-JACK_MICRO_VERSION=4
+JACK_MICRO_VERSION=5
 
 dnl ---
 dnl HOWTO: updating the jack protocol version
diff --git a/libjack/client.c b/libjack/client.c
index 5f1382b..184da8f 100644
--- a/libjack/client.c
+++ b/libjack/client.c
@@ -509,10 +509,9 @@ start_server (void)
 		}
 	case -1:			/* fork() error */
 		return 1;		/* failed to start server */
-
-	default:			/* original parent process */
-		/* fall through and return */
 	}
+
+	/* only the original parent process goes here */
 	return 0;			/* (probably) successful */
 }