diff --git a/cmd/exec.go b/cmd/exec.go
index 4ef037e..87bb590 100644
--- a/cmd/exec.go
+++ b/cmd/exec.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 type Options struct {
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ type cliSession struct {
 	clientConf *rest.Config
 	k8sClient  *kubernetes.Clientset
 	namespace  string
+	RawMode    bool
 }
 
 func NewCliSession(o *Options) (*cliSession, error) {
@@ -154,7 +156,12 @@ func (c *cliSession) prepExec() (*http.Request, error) {
 	}
 
 	if c.opts.TTY {
-		query.Add("tty", "true")
+		stdIn, _, _ := term.StdStreams()
+		_, c.RawMode = term.GetFdInfo(stdIn)
+		if !c.RawMode {
+			klog.V(2).Infof("Unable to use a TTY - input is not a terminal or the right kind of file")
+		}
+		query.Add("tty", fmt.Sprintf("%t", c.RawMode))
 	}
 
 	if c.opts.Stdin {
@@ -184,26 +191,25 @@ func (c *cliSession) doExec(req *http.Request) error {
 		Subprotocols:    protocols,
 	}
 
-	initState := &TerminalState{}
-	if c.opts.TTY {
+	initState := &TerminalState{
+		IsRaw: c.RawMode,
+	}
+	if c.RawMode {
 		stdIn, stdOut, _ := term.StdStreams()
-		stdInFd, isTerm := term.GetFdInfo(stdIn)
+		stdInFd, _ := term.GetFdInfo(stdIn)
 		stdOutFd, _ := term.GetFdInfo(stdOut)
-		if isTerm {
-			initState.StdInFd = stdInFd
-			initState.StdOutFd = stdOutFd
-			initState.StateBlob, err = term.SetRawTerminal(stdInFd)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			defer term.RestoreTerminal(stdInFd, initState.StateBlob)
+		initState.StdInFd = stdInFd
+		initState.StdOutFd = stdOutFd
+		initState.StateBlob, err = term.SetRawTerminal(stdInFd)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
+		defer term.RestoreTerminal(stdInFd, initState.StateBlob)
 	}
 
 	rt := &WebsocketRoundTripper{
 		Dialer:    dialer,
 		TermState: initState,
-		opts:      c.opts,
 	}
 
 	rter, err := rest.HTTPWrappersForConfig(c.clientConf, rt)
diff --git a/cmd/terminal.go b/cmd/terminal.go
index 5e4f37a..c769e1a 100644
--- a/cmd/terminal.go
+++ b/cmd/terminal.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type TerminalState struct {
 	StdOutFd    uintptr
 	StateBlob   *term.State
 	Initialised bool
+	IsRaw       bool
 }
 
 type TerminalSize struct {
diff --git a/cmd/websocket.go b/cmd/websocket.go
index d27c853..7a144bb 100644
--- a/cmd/websocket.go
+++ b/cmd/websocket.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 type WebsocketRoundTripper struct {
 	Dialer     *websocket.Dialer
 	TermState  *TerminalState
-	opts       Options
 	SendBuffer bytes.Buffer
 }
 
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ func (d *WebsocketRoundTripper) concurrentRecv(wg *sync.WaitGroup, ws *websocket
 
 func (d *WebsocketRoundTripper) concurrentResize(wg *sync.WaitGroup, ws *websocket.Conn, errChan chan error) {
 	defer wg.Done()
-	if d.opts.TTY {
+	if d.TermState.IsRaw {
 		resizeNotify := registerResizeSignal()
 
 		d.TermState.Initialised = false