diff --git a/internal/c/libqb.cpp b/internal/c/libqb.cpp
index 413f7b1e3..94210896b 100644
--- a/internal/c/libqb.cpp
+++ b/internal/c/libqb.cpp
@@ -11217,7 +11217,8 @@ static bool clear_console(void)
 	    return false;
 	ret = (GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi) &&
 	    FillConsoleOutputCharacterA(console, ' ',
-	        csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y, origin, &nCharsWritten));
+	        csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y, origin, &nCharsWritten) &&
+	    SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, origin));
 	CloseHandle(console);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -11240,6 +11241,8 @@ static int putc_tty(int c)
 static bool clear_console(void)
 {
 	int err;
+	if (!isatty(fileno(stdout)))
+		return false;
 	ttyfd = open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR);
 	if (ttyfd == -1) {
 	    // No controlling TTY for the process?