diff --git a/src/draw.c b/src/draw.c
index c213fc97..21f288b8 100644
--- a/src/draw.c
+++ b/src/draw.c
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ void draw_temp_symbol(int what, GC gc, int n,int layer,short tmp_flip, short rot
                            xctx->inst[n].xx2 + xoffset, xctx->inst[n].yy2 + yoffset);
    }
    if(fix_broken) { /* do a copyArea on first layer only. Faster. */
+     symbol_bbox(n, &xctx->inst[n].x1, &xctx->inst[n].y1, &xctx->inst[n].x2, &xctx->inst[n].y2);
      MyXCopyAreaDouble(display, xctx->save_pixmap, xctx->window, xctx->gc[0],
        xctx->inst[n].x1 + xoffset, xctx->inst[n].y1 + yoffset,
        xctx->inst[n].x2 + xoffset, xctx->inst[n].y2 + yoffset,
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 88527cd0..0d6a180c 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ static void child_handler(int signum)
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
   int i;
+  #ifdef __unix__
+  int stdin_is_a_fifo = 0;
+  struct stat statbuf;
+  #endif
   Display *display;
   signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
   signal(SIGSEGV, sig_handler);
@@ -97,8 +101,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   argc = process_options(argc, argv);
 
   #ifdef __unix__
-  /* if invoked in background detach from console */
-  if(getpgrp() != tcgetpgrp(STDOUT_FILENO) && !cli_opt_no_readline) {
+  /* if invoked in background (and not invoked from a command pipeline) detach from console */
+
+  if(!fstat(0, &statbuf)) {
+     if(statbuf.st_mode & S_IFIFO) stdin_is_a_fifo = 1; /* input coming from a command pipe */
+  }
+  
+  if(!stdin_is_a_fifo && getpgrp() != tcgetpgrp(STDOUT_FILENO) && !cli_opt_no_readline) {
     cli_opt_detach = 1;
   }
   #endif