diff --git a/src/duct.py b/src/duct.py
index 15986d50..9b5d442d 100755
--- a/src/duct.py
+++ b/src/duct.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from datetime import datetime
-import errno
 import json
 import os
 import pprint
@@ -239,39 +238,22 @@ def start(self):
     def _redirect_output(self):
         with os.fdopen(self.listener_fd, "rb", buffering=0) as stream:
             while True:
-                try:
-                    data = stream.read(1024)
-                except OSError as e:
-                    if e.errno == errno.EIO:  # The file has been closed
-                        break
-                    else:
-                        raise
+                data = stream.read(1024)
                 if not data:  # Still open, but no new data to write
                     break
+                # sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter('utf8')(sys.stdout.buffer)
                 sys.stdout.buffer.write(data)
                 sys.stdout.buffer.flush()
-                self.file.write(
-                    data.decode("utf-8", "replace")
-                )  # Handling decoding errors
-                self.file.flush()
 
     def close(self):
         """Close the slave fd and the file when done."""
         os.close(self.writer_fd)
+        os.close(self.listener_fd)
         self.file.close()
 
 
-def monitor_process(
-    stdout, stderr, report, process, report_interval, sample_interval, output_prefix
-):
+def monitor_process(report, process, report_interval, sample_interval, output_prefix):
     while True:
-        if process.poll() is not None:  # the passthrough command has finished
-            if hasattr(stdout, "close"):
-                stdout.close()
-            if hasattr(stderr, "close"):
-                stderr.close()
-            break
-
         elapsed_time = time.time() - report.start_time
         resource_stats_log_path = "{output_prefix}usage.json"
         if elapsed_time >= (report.number + 1) * report_interval:
@@ -286,6 +268,8 @@ def monitor_process(
                     pinfo["elapsed_time"] = elapsed_time
                     resource_statistics_log.write(json.dumps(aggregated))
             report.number += 1
+        if process.poll() is not None:  # the passthrough command has finished
+            break
         time.sleep(sample_interval)
 
 
@@ -315,6 +299,17 @@ def prepare_outputs(
         stderr = subprocess.PIPE
     else:
         stderr = subprocess.DEVNULL
+
+    print(
+        f"""
+REMINDERS:
+devnull = {subprocess.DEVNULL},
+pipe = {subprocess.PIPE}"""
+    )
+    print(f"USING TYPE STDOUT: {type(stdout)}")
+    print(f"USING STDOUT: {str(stdout)}")
+    print(f"USING TYPE STDERR: {type(stderr)}")
+    print(f"USING STDerr: {str(stderr)}")
     return stdout, stderr
 
 
@@ -355,13 +350,8 @@ def main():
     )
     session_id = os.getsid(process.pid)  # Get session ID of the new process
     report = Report(args.command, session_id)
-    report.collect_environment()
-    report.get_system_info()
-
     if args.record_types in ["all", "processes-samples"]:
         monitoring_args = [
-            stdout,
-            stderr,
             report,
             process,
             args.report_interval,
@@ -374,13 +364,24 @@ def main():
         monitoring_thread.start()
         monitoring_thread.join()
 
+    outs, err = process.communicate()
+    print(outs.decode("utf-8", "replace"))
+    # process.wait()
+
     if args.record_types in ["all", "system-summary"]:
+        report.collect_environment()
+        report.get_system_info()
         system_info_path = f"{formatted_output_prefix}info.json"
         with open(system_info_path, "a") as system_logs:
             report.end_time = time.time()
             report.run_time_seconds = f"{report.end_time - report.start_time}"
             report.get_system_info()
             system_logs.write(str(report))
+
+    if hasattr(stdout, "close"):
+        stdout.close()
+    if hasattr(stderr, "close"):
+        stderr.close()
     pprint.pprint(report, width=120)