diff --git a/scsh/network.scm b/scsh/network.scm
index df4c102..73775c0 100644
--- a/scsh/network.scm
+++ b/scsh/network.scm
@@ -199,13 +199,17 @@
 	 (error "bind-socket: socket-address expected ~s" name))
 	(else
 	 (let ((family (socket:family sock)))
-	   (if (not (= family (socket-address:family name)))
-	       (error 
-		"bind-socket: trying to bind incompatible address to socket ~s"
-		name)
-	       (%bind (socket->fdes sock)
-		      family
-		      (socket-address:address name)))))))
+	   (cond ((not (= family (socket-address:family name)))
+		  (error 
+		   "bind-socket: trying to bind incompatible address to socket ~s"
+		   name))
+		 ((and (= family address-family/unix)
+		       (> (string-length name) 107))
+		  (error "bind-socket: path too long" name))
+		 (else
+		  %bind (socket->fdes sock)
+		  family
+		  (socket-address:address name)))))))
 
 (import-os-error-syscall %bind (sockfd family name) "scheme_bind")
 
diff --git a/scsh/network1.c b/scsh/network1.c
index 3f599f8..7206708 100644
--- a/scsh/network1.c
+++ b/scsh/network1.c
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ s48_value scheme_bind(s48_value sock, s48_value family, s48_value scheme_name)
 	memset(&name, 0, sizeof(name));
 
 	name.sun_family=AF_UNIX;	
-	if (scheme_length>=(108-1)) /* save space for \0 */
-	  return(-1);  // TODO: check this in scheme !
+
 	strncpy(name.sun_path,
 		s48_extract_string(scheme_name),
 		scheme_length);	/* copy to c string */