diff --git a/tea.go b/tea.go
index 689b701..f32e82f 100644
--- a/tea.go
+++ b/tea.go
@@ -371,9 +371,8 @@ func (p *Program) Start() error {
 		}()
 	}
 
-	// Is output a terminal?
 	if f, ok := p.output.(*os.File); ok {
-		// Get initial terminal size
+		// Get initial terminal size and send it to the program
 		go func() {
 			w, h, err := term.GetSize(int(f.Fd()))
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/tty.go b/tty.go
index c8cf968..c9006cc 100644
--- a/tty.go
+++ b/tty.go
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 package tea
 
-import (
-	"errors"
-)
-
-var errInputIsNotAFile = errors.New("input is not a file")
-
 func (p *Program) initTerminal() error {
 	err := p.initInput()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/tty_windows.go b/tty_windows.go
index 7f1ce23..ad432d5 100644
--- a/tty_windows.go
+++ b/tty_windows.go
@@ -11,28 +11,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (p *Program) initInput() error {
-	if !p.inputIsTTY {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// If input's a TTY this should always succeed.
-	f, ok := p.input.(*os.File)
-	if !ok {
-		return errInputIsNotAFile
-	}
-
-	if p.inputStatus == managedInput {
+	// If input's a file, use console to manage it
+	if f, ok := p.input.(*os.File); ok {
 		// Save a reference to the current stdin then replace stdin with our
 		// input. We do this so we can hand input off to containerd/console to
 		// set raw mode, and do it in this fashion because the method
 		// console.ConsoleFromFile isn't supported on Windows.
 		p.windowsStdin = os.Stdin
 		os.Stdin = f
-	}
 
-	// Note: this will panic if it fails.
-	c := console.Current()
-	p.console = c
+		// Note: this will panic if it fails.
+		c := console.Current()
+		p.console = c
+	}
 
 	enableAnsiColors(p.output)