diff --git a/OpenFlipper.cc b/OpenFlipper.cc
index 36f24baa621165f09d09cae815d27ae5ad29a6e8..ddabe616ee4187c7b4087064bf4134d5c9858031 100644
--- a/OpenFlipper.cc
+++ b/OpenFlipper.cc
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ void connect_console()
   if (check) {
     std::cerr << "Error reopening stderr" << std::endl;
   }
+  std::cout.clear();
+  std::cerr.clear();
+  std::cin.clear();
+  std::wcout.clear();
+  std::wcerr.clear();
+  std::wcin.clear();
 }
 
   void attachConsole()