diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 872d5e3..3d14aad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   ```
   Aliases: :dev, :home/cider, :home/zprint, :mine/local
   ```
+- Make sure the clojure process can communicate over `stdio`.
 
 # 0.42.182-alpha (2025-03-01 / 50cc172)
 
diff --git a/src/lambdaisland/launchpad.clj b/src/lambdaisland/launchpad.clj
index 5f44db0..dafad68 100644
--- a/src/lambdaisland/launchpad.clj
+++ b/src/lambdaisland/launchpad.clj
@@ -514,13 +514,14 @@
    ((run-process opts) ctx))
   ([{:keys [cmd prefix working-dir
             background? timeout-ms check-exit-code? env
-            color show-command?]
+            show-command?]
      :or {working-dir "."
           check-exit-code? true
           show-command? true}}]
    (fn [ctx]
      (let [working-dir  (io/file working-dir)
            proc-builder (doto (ProcessBuilder. (map str cmd))
+                          (.inheritIO)
                           (.directory working-dir))
            _ (.putAll (.environment proc-builder) (or env (:env ctx)))
            color (mod (hash (or prefix (first cmd))) 8)
@@ -539,9 +540,8 @@
                       (.waitFor process timeout-ms TimeUnit/MILLISECONDS)
                       (.waitFor process))]
            (when (and check-exit-code? (not= 0 exit))
-             (do
-               (println (str prefix) "Exited with non-zero exit code: " exit)
-               (System/exit exit)))
+             (println prefix "Exited with non-zero exit code: " exit)
+             (System/exit exit))
            ctx))))))
 
 (defn start-clojure-process [{:keys [aliases nrepl-port] :as ctx}]