diff --git a/src/redirect/redirect_process_heredoc.c b/src/redirect/redirect_process_heredoc.c
index 56c3789..f5799b1 100644
--- a/src/redirect/redirect_process_heredoc.c
+++ b/src/redirect/redirect_process_heredoc.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /*   By: qmennen <qmennen@student.codam.nl>         +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
 /*   Created: 2025/02/26 16:46:32 by qmennen           #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/03/18 14:32:19 by qmennen          ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Updated: 2025/03/18 14:40:51 by qmennen          ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
@@ -52,10 +52,31 @@ int	fork_for_heredoc(t_minishell *msh, t_token *heredoc, t_token *delim)
 	return (0);
 }
 
+static int	process_heredoc_line(t_minishell *msh, int fd, char *delim)
+{
+	char	*line;
+	char	*expand;
+
+	line = readline(">");
+	if (!line)
+	{
+		error_msg("warning: here-document delimited by end-of-file, wanted",
+			delim);
+		return (FAILURE);
+	}
+	if ((*line && ft_strcmp(line, delim) == 0))
+		return (free(line), FAILURE);
+	if (!*line)
+		ft_strlcat(line, "\n", 1);
+	expand = expander_parse_string(line, msh);
+	ft_putendl_fd(expand, fd);
+	free_safe(msh, (void **)&expand);
+	free(line);
+	return (SUCCESS);
+}
+
 int	process_heredoc(t_minishell *msh, t_token *heredoc, t_token *delim)
 {
-	char		*line;
-	char		*expand;
 	const int	fd = open(".ms_heredoc", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
 
 	if (fd < 0)
@@ -65,23 +86,11 @@ int	process_heredoc(t_minishell *msh, t_token *heredoc, t_token *delim)
 	}
 	while (TRUE)
 	{
-		line = readline(">");
-		if (!line)
-		{
-			error_msg("warning: here-document delimited by end-of-file, wanted", delim->value);
-			break;
-		}
-		if ((*line && ft_strcmp(line, delim->value) == 0))
+		if (! process_heredoc_line(msh, fd, delim->value))
 			break ;
-		if (!*line)
-			ft_strlcat(line, "\n", 1);
-		expand = expander_parse_string(line, msh);
-		ft_putendl_fd(expand, fd);
-		free_safe(msh, (void **)&expand);
-		free(line);
 	}
 	close(fd);
 	heredoc->type = T_REDIRECT_IN;
 	delim->value = ft_strdup_safe(msh, ".ms_heredoc");
-	return (free(line), 1);
+	return (SUCCESS);
 }