Index: common/Message.cpp
===================================================================
--- common/Message.cpp	(revision 9c83610b7bea1f725f9a7238a002aa37b0e98075)
+++ common/Message.cpp	(revision 38b85bb56b1f73f897cf5644f0d22c47bde84bd5)
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 int sendMessage(NETWORK_MSG *msg, int sock, struct sockaddr_in *dest)
 {
-   return sendto(sock, (char*)msg, sizeof(NETWORK_MSG), 0, (struct sockaddr *)dest, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+   int ret =  sendto(sock, (char*)msg, sizeof(NETWORK_MSG), 0, (struct sockaddr *)dest, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
 
    cout << "Sent message of type " << msg->type << endl;
+
+   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@
 
    // assume we don't care about the value of socklen
-   return recvfrom(sock, (char*)msg, sizeof(NETWORK_MSG), 0, (struct sockaddr *)dest, &socklen);
+   int ret =  recvfrom(sock, (char*)msg, sizeof(NETWORK_MSG), 0, (struct sockaddr *)dest, &socklen);
 
    cout << "Received message of type " << msg->type << endl;
+
+   return ret;
 }