1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index 78b49a3b..3e1706a0 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -130,9 +130,10 @@ sub url_folder_cache {
  
  sub ale {
          my ($self) = @_;
-        $self->{ale} //= do {
+        $self->{ale} // do {
                  require PublicInbox::LeiALE;
-                $self->_lei_cfg(1)->{ale} //= PublicInbox::LeiALE->new($self);
+                my $cfg = $self->_lei_cfg(1);
+                $self->{ale} = $cfg->{ale} //= PublicInbox::LeiALE->new($self);
          };
  }
  
@@ -1159,10 +1160,10 @@ sub event_step {
  sub event_step_init {
          my ($self) = @_;
          my $sock = $self->{sock} or return;
-        $self->{-event_init_done} //= do { # persist til $ops done
+        $self->{-event_init_done} // do { # persist til $ops done
                  $sock->blocking(0);
                  $self->SUPER::new($sock, EPOLLIN);
-                $sock;
+                $self->{-event_init_done} = $sock;
          };
  }