diff --git a/lib/elements/prompt.js b/lib/elements/prompt.js
index 6a6ea59a..95a4e0ff 100644
--- a/lib/elements/prompt.js
+++ b/lib/elements/prompt.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const readline = require('readline');
-const { action } = require('../util');
+const { action, clear} = require('../util');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
-const { beep, cursor } = require('sisteransi');
+const { beep, cursor, erase } = require('sisteransi');
 
 /**
  * Base prompt skeleton
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class Prompt extends EventEmitter {
     this.out = process.stdout;
 
     const rl = readline.createInterface(this.in);
-    readline.emitKeypressEvents(this.in, this.rl);
+    readline.emitKeypressEvents(this.in, rl);
 
     if (this.in.isTTY) {
       this.in.setRawMode(true);
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ class Prompt extends EventEmitter {
     const close = () => {
       this.out.write(cursor.show);
       this.in.removeListener('keypress', keypress);
-      this.in.setRawMode(false);
+      if (this.in.isTTY) {
+        this.in.setRawMode(false);
+      } else {
+        this.clear = clear(this.prompt)
+        this.out.write(this.clear);
+      }
       rl.close();
       this.emit(this.aborted ? 'abort' : 'submit', this.value);
     };
diff --git a/lib/elements/text.js b/lib/elements/text.js
index 6a75d4a8..1e325e03 100644
--- a/lib/elements/text.js
+++ b/lib/elements/text.js
@@ -86,17 +86,17 @@ class TextPrompt extends Prompt {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const prompt = [
+    this.prompt = [
       stl.symbol(this.done, this.aborted),
       color.bold(this.msg),
       stl.delimiter(this.done),
       this.rendered
     ].join(' ');
 
-    this.out.write(this.clear + prompt);
+    this.out.write(this.clear + this.prompt);
     this.out.write(cursor.move(-this.rendered.length + this.cursor));
 
-    this.clear = clear(prompt);
+    this.clear = clear(this.prompt);
   }
 }