diff --git a/cmd/wireproxy/main.go b/cmd/wireproxy/main.go
index 713943a..d9ec396 100644
--- a/cmd/wireproxy/main.go
+++ b/cmd/wireproxy/main.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Wireguard doesn't allow configuring which FD to use for logging
 	// https://github.com/WireGuard/wireguard-go/blob/master/device/logger.go#L39
 	// so redirect STDOUT to STDERR, we don't want to print anything to STDOUT anyways
-	os.Stdout = os.NewFile(uintptr(syscall.Stderr), "/dev/stderr")
+	os.Stdout = os.Stderr
 	logLevel := device.LogLevelVerbose
 	if *silent {
 		logLevel = device.LogLevelSilent
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 1f6e4e4..1cd9254 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ type TCPClientTunnelConfig struct {
 
 type STDIOTunnelConfig struct {
 	Target string
+	Input  *os.File
+	Output *os.File
 }
 
 type TCPServerTunnelConfig struct {
@@ -377,6 +379,8 @@ func parseSTDIOTunnelConfig(section *ini.Section) (RoutineSpawner, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	config.Target = targetSection
+	config.Input = os.Stdin
+	config.Output = os.Stdout
 
 	return config, nil
 }
diff --git a/routine.go b/routine.go
index edfc793..f0a3356 100644
--- a/routine.go
+++ b/routine.go
@@ -219,20 +219,13 @@ func tcpClientForward(vt *VirtualTun, raddr *addressPort, conn net.Conn) {
 }
 
 // STDIOTcpForward starts a new connection via wireguard and forward traffic from `conn`
-func STDIOTcpForward(vt *VirtualTun, raddr *addressPort) {
+func STDIOTcpForward(vt *VirtualTun, raddr *addressPort, input *os.File, output *os.File) {
 	target, err := vt.resolveToAddrPort(raddr)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorLogger.Printf("Name resolution error for %s: %s\n", raddr.address, err.Error())
 		return
 	}
 
-	// os.Stdout has previously been remapped to stderr, se we can't use it
-	stdout, err := os.OpenFile("/dev/stdout", os.O_WRONLY, 0)
-	if err != nil {
-		errorLogger.Printf("Failed to open /dev/stdout: %s\n", err.Error())
-		return
-	}
-
 	tcpAddr := TCPAddrFromAddrPort(*target)
 	sconn, err := vt.Tnet.DialTCP(tcpAddr)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -240,8 +233,8 @@ func STDIOTcpForward(vt *VirtualTun, raddr *addressPort) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	go connForward(os.Stdin, sconn)
-	go connForward(sconn, stdout)
+	go connForward(input, sconn)
+	go connForward(sconn, output)
 }
 
 // SpawnRoutine spawns a local TCP server which acts as a proxy to the specified target
@@ -272,7 +265,7 @@ func (conf *STDIOTunnelConfig) SpawnRoutine(vt *VirtualTun) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	go STDIOTcpForward(vt, raddr)
+	go STDIOTcpForward(vt, raddr, conf.Input, conf.Output)
 }
 
 // tcpServerForward starts a new connection locally and forward traffic from `conn`