diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 577ac12..dfcec19 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ configure_file(
 set(XEUS_OCTAVE_SRC
     src/xoctave_interpreter.cpp
     src/xoctave_interpreter.hpp
-    src/input.cpp
-    src/input.hpp
+    src/io.cpp
+    src/io.hpp
     src/toolkits/plotly.cpp
     src/toolkits/plotly.hpp
     src/toolkits/notebook.cpp
diff --git a/src/input.cpp b/src/io.cpp
similarity index 55%
rename from src/input.cpp
rename to src/io.cpp
index 059c0ad..bd8ff83 100644
--- a/src/input.cpp
+++ b/src/io.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * along with xeus-octave.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#include "input.hpp"
+#include "io.hpp"
 
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -55,31 +55,59 @@ void _reset_command_editor();
 
 }  // namespace
 
-void input::set_command_editor(octave::command_editor& n) {
+void input::override(input& n) {
 	_set_command_editor(n);
 }
-void input::reset_command_editor() {
+
+void input::restore() {
 	_reset_command_editor();
 }
 
+input::input(std::function<std::string(const std::string&)> callback) : m_callback(std::move(callback)) {}
+
 std::string input::do_readline(const std::string& prompt, bool&) {
-	auto& interpreter = dynamic_cast<xoctave_interpreter&>(xeus::get_interpreter());
+	return m_callback(prompt);
+}
 
-	if (interpreter.m_allow_stdin) {
-		// Print any output if needed
-		interpreter.do_print_output();
+void output::override(std::ostream& stream, output& buf) {
+	// Backup previous buffer
+	buf.p_oldbuf = stream.rdbuf();
 
-		// Perform the read request
-		auto input = xeus::blocking_input_request(prompt, false);
+	stream.rdbuf(&buf);
+}
 
-		// Print newline
-		std::cout << std::endl;
-		interpreter.do_print_output();
+void output::restore(std::ostream& stream, output& buf) {
+	stream.rdbuf(buf.p_oldbuf);
+}
 
-		return input;
+output::output(std::function<void(const std::string&)> callback)
+	: m_callback(std::move(callback)) {
+}
+
+output::int_type output::overflow(output::int_type c) {
+	std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_mutex);
+	// Called for each output character.
+	if (!traits_type::eq_int_type(c, traits_type::eof())) {
+		m_output.push_back(traits_type::to_char_type(c));
 	}
+	return c;
+}
 
-	throw std::runtime_error("This frontend does not support input requests");
+std::streamsize output::xsputn(const char* s, std::streamsize count) {
+	std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_mutex);
+	// Called for a string of characters.
+	m_output.append(s, count);
+	return count;
+}
+
+output::int_type output::sync() {
+	std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_mutex);
+	// Called in case of flush.
+	if (!m_output.empty()) {
+		m_callback(m_output);
+		m_output.clear();
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 }  // namespace xoctave
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/input.hpp b/src/io.hpp
similarity index 68%
rename from src/input.hpp
rename to src/io.hpp
index 703ad6d..f729cbf 100644
--- a/src/input.hpp
+++ b/src/io.hpp
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@
  * along with xeus-octave.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#ifndef INPUT_H
-#define INPUT_H
+#ifndef IO_H
+#define IO_H
+
+#include <mutex>
+#include <ostream>
+#include <streambuf>
 
 #include "octave/cmd-edit.h"
 
@@ -26,8 +30,10 @@ namespace xoctave {
 
 class input : public octave::command_editor {
 public:
-	static void set_command_editor(octave::command_editor &n);
-	static void reset_command_editor();
+	input(std::function<std::string(const std::string &)> callback);
+
+	static void override(input &n);
+	static void restore();
 
 	std::string do_readline(const std::string &prompt, bool &) override;
 	void do_set_input_stream(FILE *) override {}
@@ -43,6 +49,28 @@ class input : public octave::command_editor {
 	void do_insert_text(const std::string &) override {}
 	void do_newline(void) override {}
 	void do_accept_line(void) override {}
+
+private:
+	std::function<std::string(const std::string &)> m_callback;
+};
+
+class output : public std::streambuf {
+public:
+	output(std::function<void(const std::string &)> callback);
+
+	static void override(std::ostream &, output &);
+	static void restore(std::ostream &, output &);
+
+protected:
+	int_type overflow(int_type c) override;
+	std::streamsize xsputn(const char *s, std::streamsize count) override;
+	int_type sync() override;
+
+	std::function<void(const std::string &)> m_callback;
+	std::string m_output;
+	std::mutex m_mutex;
+
+	std::streambuf *p_oldbuf;
 };
 
 }  // namespace xoctave
diff --git a/src/xoctave_interpreter.cpp b/src/xoctave_interpreter.cpp
index 4a71918..465d20b 100644
--- a/src/xoctave_interpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/xoctave_interpreter.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "config.h"
-#include "input.hpp"
+#include "io.hpp"
 #include "toolkits/notebook.hpp"
 #include "toolkits/plotly.hpp"
 #include "xeus/xinterpreter.hpp"
@@ -60,31 +60,6 @@ using namespace octave;
 
 namespace xoctave {
 
-void xoctave_interpreter::do_print_output(bool drawnow) {
-	bool draw = drawnow && (buf_stderr.str().length() ||
-							buf_stdout.str().length());
-
-	// Print output if necessary
-	if (!buf_stderr.str().empty()) {
-		publish_stream("stderr", buf_stderr.str());
-
-		// Clear stream
-		buf_stderr.str("");
-		buf_stderr.clear();
-	}
-
-	if (!buf_stdout.str().empty()) {
-		publish_stream("stdout", buf_stdout.str());
-
-		// Clear stream
-		buf_stdout.str("");
-		buf_stdout.clear();
-	}
-
-	if (draw)
-		octave::feval("drawnow");
-}
-
 void xoctave_interpreter::publish_stream(const std::string& name, const std::string& text) {
 	if (!m_silent)
 		xinterpreter::publish_stream(name, text);
@@ -112,6 +87,24 @@ void xoctave_interpreter::publish_execution_error(const std::string& ename,
 		xinterpreter::publish_execution_error(ename, evalue, trace_back);
 }
 
+std::string xoctave_interpreter::blocking_input_request(const std::string& prompt, bool password) {
+	if (m_allow_stdin) {
+		// Register the input handler
+		std::string value;
+		register_input_handler([&value](const std::string& v) { value = v; });
+
+		// Send the input request
+		input_request(prompt, password);
+
+		// Remove input handler
+		register_input_handler(nullptr);
+
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	throw std::runtime_error("This frontend does not support input requests");
+}
+
 nl::json xoctave_interpreter::execute_request_impl(int execution_counter,
 												   const std::string& code,
 												   bool silent,
@@ -160,7 +153,6 @@ nl::json xoctave_interpreter::execute_request_impl(int execution_counter,
 
 					if (stmt_list) {
 						interpreter.get_evaluator().eval(stmt_list, false);
-						do_print_output();
 					} else if (str_parser.at_end_of_input()) {
 						exit_status = EOF;
 						break;
@@ -168,14 +160,12 @@ nl::json xoctave_interpreter::execute_request_impl(int execution_counter,
 				}
 			} catch (const interrupt_exception&) {
 				interpreter.recover_from_exception();
-				do_print_output();
 				publish_execution_error("Interrupt exception", "Kernel was interrupted", std::vector<std::string>());
 				result["status"] = "error";
 			} catch (const index_exception& e) {
 				error = e.message();
 				error += "\n" + e.stack_trace();
 				interpreter.recover_from_exception();
-				do_print_output(false);
 				publish_execution_error("Index exception", error, std::vector<std::string>());
 				result["status"] = "error";
 			} catch (const execution_exception& ee) {
@@ -183,12 +173,10 @@ nl::json xoctave_interpreter::execute_request_impl(int execution_counter,
 				error += "\n" + ee.stack_trace();
 				interpreter.get_error_system().save_exception(ee);
 				interpreter.recover_from_exception();
-				do_print_output(false);
 				publish_execution_error("Execution exception", error, std::vector<std::string>());
 				result["status"] = "error";
 			} catch (const std::bad_alloc&) {
 				interpreter.recover_from_exception();
-				do_print_output(false);
 				publish_execution_error("Out of memory", "Trying to return to prompt", std::vector<std::string>());
 				result["status"] = "error";
 			}
@@ -229,8 +217,10 @@ void xoctave_interpreter::configure_impl() {
 	octave::feval("graphics_toolkit", ovl("plotly"));
 #endif
 
-	// Override the default input system
-	input::set_command_editor(input_handler);
+	// Override the default io system
+	input::override(m_stdin);
+	output::override(std::cout, m_stdout);
+	output::override(std::cerr, m_stderr);
 
 	// Create the xoctave package
 	auto xoctave_package = interpreter.get_cdef_manager().make_package("xoctave");
@@ -240,10 +230,6 @@ void xoctave_interpreter::configure_impl() {
 
 	// Register the xoctave package
 	interpreter.get_cdef_manager().register_package(xoctave_package);
-
-	// Redirect output to string
-	std::cout.rdbuf(buf_stdout.rdbuf());
-	std::cerr.rdbuf(buf_stderr.rdbuf());
 }
 
 nl::json xoctave_interpreter::complete_request_impl(const std::string& code,
@@ -333,8 +319,11 @@ nl::json xoctave_interpreter::kernel_info_request_impl() {
 }
 
 void xoctave_interpreter::shutdown_request_impl() {
-	// Recover the old input system before shutting down the interpreter
-	input::reset_command_editor();
+	// Recover the old io system before shutting down the interpreter
+	input::restore();
+	output::restore(std::cout, m_stdout);
+	output::restore(std::cerr, m_stderr);
+
 	interpreter.shutdown();
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
diff --git a/src/xoctave_interpreter.hpp b/src/xoctave_interpreter.hpp
index 3c634e0..ad28528 100644
--- a/src/xoctave_interpreter.hpp
+++ b/src/xoctave_interpreter.hpp
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@
 #include <octave/interpreter.h>
 #include <octave/oct-stream.h>
 
+#include <functional>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <xeus/xinterpreter.hpp>
 
-#include "input.hpp"
+#include "io.hpp"
 
 using nlohmann::json;
 using xeus::xinterpreter;
@@ -35,8 +36,6 @@ using xeus::xinterpreter;
 namespace xoctave {
 
 class xoctave_interpreter : public xinterpreter {
-	friend input;
-
 private:
 	octave::interpreter interpreter;
 
@@ -64,8 +63,6 @@ class xoctave_interpreter : public xinterpreter {
 	void shutdown_request_impl() override;
 
 public:
-	void do_print_output(bool drawnow = true);
-
 	void publish_stream(const std::string& name, const std::string& text);
 	void display_data(json data, json metadata = json::object(), json transient = json::object());
 	void update_display_data(json data, json metadata = json::object(), json transient = json::object());
@@ -73,13 +70,15 @@ class xoctave_interpreter : public xinterpreter {
 	void publish_execution_error(const std::string& ename,
 								 const std::string& evalue,
 								 const std::vector<std::string>& trace_back);
+	std::string blocking_input_request(const std::string& prompt, bool password);
 
 private:
 	std::string get_symbol(const std::string& code, int cursor_pos) const;
 	json get_help_for_symbol(const std::string& symbol);
 
-	std::stringstream buf_stdout, buf_stderr;
-	input input_handler;
+	output m_stdout{std::bind(&xoctave_interpreter::publish_stream, this, "stdout", std::placeholders::_1)};
+	output m_stderr{std::bind(&xoctave_interpreter::publish_stream, this, "stderr", std::placeholders::_1)};
+	input m_stdin{std::bind(&xoctave_interpreter::blocking_input_request, this, std::placeholders::_1, false)};
 
 	bool m_silent, m_allow_stdin;
 };