diff --git a/src/widgets/ConsoleWidget.cpp b/src/widgets/ConsoleWidget.cpp
index 92638534..db378068 100644
--- a/src/widgets/ConsoleWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/ConsoleWidget.cpp
@@ -424,7 +424,9 @@ void ConsoleWidget::processQueuedOutput()
     while (pipeSocket->canReadLine()) {
         QString output = QString(pipeSocket->readLine());
 
-        fprintf(origStderr, "%s", output.toStdString().c_str());
+        if (origStderr) {
+            fprintf(origStderr, "%s", output.toStdString().c_str());
+        }
 
         // Get the last segment that wasn't overwritten by carriage return
         output = output.trimmed();
@@ -449,7 +451,7 @@ void ConsoleWidget::redirectOutput()
 
     pipeSocket = new QLocalSocket(this);
 
-    origStdin = fdopen(dup(fileno(stderr)), "r");
+    origStdin = fdopen(dup(fileno(stdin)), "r");
     origStderr = fdopen(dup(fileno(stderr)), "a");
     origStdout = fdopen(dup(fileno(stdout)), "a");
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN