diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 83e6258..55cd57a 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use clap::ArgMatches;
 use config_file::FromConfigFile;
 use regex::Regex;
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use std::io::IsTerminal;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
@@ -54,9 +53,7 @@ impl Config {
         Some(true) == self.force_colors || options.get_flag("force_colors")
     }
     pub fn get_disable_progress(&self, options: &ArgMatches) -> bool {
-        Some(true) == self.disable_progress
-            || options.get_flag("disable_progress")
-            || !std::io::stdout().is_terminal()
+        Some(true) == self.disable_progress || options.get_flag("disable_progress")
     }
     pub fn get_apparent_size(&self, options: &ArgMatches) -> bool {
         Some(true) == self.display_apparent_size || options.get_flag("display_apparent_size")
diff --git a/src/progress.rs b/src/progress.rs
index fd37b92..cfb47b0 100644
--- a/src/progress.rs
+++ b/src/progress.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ impl PIndicator {
 
         let time_info_thread = std::thread::spawn(move || {
             let mut progress_char_i: usize = 0;
-            let mut stdout = std::io::stdout();
+            let mut stderr = std::io::stderr();
             let mut msg = "".to_string();
 
             // While the timeout triggers we go round the loop
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ impl PIndicator {
                 receiver.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(SPINNER_SLEEP_TIME))
             {
                 // Clear the text written by 'write!'& Return at the start of line
-                print!("\r{:width$}", " ", width = msg.len());
+                let clear = format!("\r{:width$}", " ", width = msg.len());
+                write!(stderr, "{clear}").unwrap();
                 let prog_char = PROGRESS_CHARS[progress_char_i];
 
                 msg = match data.state.load(ORDERING) {
@@ -136,15 +137,17 @@ impl PIndicator {
                     _ => panic!("Unknown State"),
                 };
 
-                write!(stdout, "\r{msg}").unwrap();
-                stdout.flush().unwrap();
+                write!(stderr, "\r{msg}").unwrap();
+                stderr.flush().unwrap();
 
                 progress_char_i += 1;
                 progress_char_i %= PROGRESS_CHARS_LEN;
             }
-            print!("\r{:width$}", " ", width = msg.len());
-            print!("\r");
-            stdout.flush().unwrap();
+
+            let clear = format!("\r{:width$}", " ", width = msg.len());
+            write!(stderr, "{clear}").unwrap();
+            write!(stderr, "\r").unwrap();
+            stderr.flush().unwrap();
         });
         self.thread = Some((stop_handler, time_info_thread))
     }
diff --git a/tests/test_flags.rs b/tests/test_flags.rs
index d6e9cb9..64a7486 100644
--- a/tests/test_flags.rs
+++ b/tests/test_flags.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ use std::str;
 
 fn build_command<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(command_args: Vec<T>) -> String {
     let mut cmd = &mut Command::cargo_bin("dust").unwrap();
+    // Hide progress bar
+    cmd = cmd.arg("-P");
+
     for p in command_args {
         cmd = cmd.arg(p);
     }