diff --git a/internal/p10k.zsh b/internal/p10k.zsh
index e2a98408..912a990e 100644
--- a/internal/p10k.zsh
+++ b/internal/p10k.zsh
@@ -4154,22 +4154,27 @@ function _p9k_fetch_nordvpn_status() {
     >&$fd echo -nE - $'PRI * HTTP/2.0\r\n\r\nSM\r\n\r\n\0\0\0\4\1\0\0\0\0\0\0N\1\4\0\0\0\1\203\206E\221bA\226\223\325\\k\337\31i=LnH\323j?A\223\266\243y\270\303\fYmLT{$\357]R.\203\223\257_\213\35u\320b\r&=LMedz\212\232\312\310\264\307`+\210K\203@\2te\206M\2035\5\261\37\0\0\5\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0'
     local tag len val
     local -i n
-    IFS='' read -t 0.25 -r tag <&3
-    tag=$'\015'
-    while true; do
-      tag=$((#tag))
-      (( (tag >>= 3) && tag <= $#__p9k_nordvpn_tag )) || break
-      tag=$__p9k_nordvpn_tag[tag]
-      sysread -c n -s 1 -t 0.25 len <&3
-      len=$((#len))
-      val=
-      (( ! len )) || {
-        sysread -c n -s $len -t 0.25 val <&3
-        (( n == len ))
-      }
-      typeset -g $tag=$val
-      sysread -c n -s 1 -t 0.25 tag <&3
-    done
+    {
+      IFS='' read -t 0.25 -r tag
+      tag=$'\015'
+      while true; do
+        tag=$((#tag))
+        (( (tag >>= 3) && tag <= $#__p9k_nordvpn_tag )) || break
+        tag=$__p9k_nordvpn_tag[tag]
+        [[ -t $fd ]] || true
+        sysread -c n -s 1 -t 0.25 len
+        len=$((#len))
+        val=
+        (( ! len )) || {
+          [[ -t $fd ]] || true
+          sysread -c n -s $len -t 0.25 val
+          (( n == len ))
+        }
+        typeset -g $tag=$val
+        [[ -t $fd ]] || true
+        sysread -c n -s 1 -t 0.25 tag
+      done
+    } <&$fd
   } always {
     exec {fd}>&-
   }
diff --git a/internal/worker.zsh b/internal/worker.zsh
index ce38af98..cca786fc 100644
--- a/internal/worker.zsh
+++ b/internal/worker.zsh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ function _p9k_worker_main() {
         if [[ $fd == 0 ]]; then
           local buf=
           while true; do
+            [[ -t 0 ]]
             sysread -t 0 'buf[$#buf+1]'  && continue
             (( $? == 4 ))                || return
             [[ $buf[-1] == (|$'\x1e') ]] && break
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ function _p9k_worker_receive() {
 
     local buf resp
     while true; do
+      [[ -t $_p9k__worker_resp_fd ]]
       sysread -t 0 -i $_p9k__worker_resp_fd 'buf[$#buf+1]' && continue
       (( $? == 4 ))                                                                   || return
       [[ $buf == (|*$'\x1e')$'\x05'# ]] && break