diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/readline/Readline.java b/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/readline/Readline.java
index 5e3e9f3..e74f923 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/readline/Readline.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/readline/Readline.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.FileDescriptor;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.nio.CharBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ protected static void initReadline(final Ruby runtime, final ConsoleHolder holde
         final ConsoleReader readline;
         try {
             final Terminal terminal = TerminalFactory.create();
-            readline = holder.readline = new ConsoleReader(null, runtime.getInputStream(), runtime.getOutputStream(), terminal);
+            readline = holder.readline = new ConsoleReader(null, new FileInputStream(FileDescriptor.in), System.out, terminal);
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
             throw runtime.newIOErrorFromException(ioe);
         }