diff --git a/lib/select.rb b/lib/select.rb
index c347bc9..61514f5 100644
--- a/lib/select.rb
+++ b/lib/select.rb
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ class Select
 
 	def initialize timeout = 30
 		@read, @write, @error = {}, {}, {}
-		@read.default = @write.default = @error.default = lambda{}
-		@timeout, @tevent, @exit, @exit_on_empty = timeout, lambda{}, false, true
+		@read.default = @write.default = @error.default = proc{}
+		@timeout, @tevent, @exit, @exit_on_empty = timeout, proc{}, false, true
 	end
 
 	def timeout timeout = nil, &event