diff --git a/src/common/io.c b/src/common/io.c
index 0251c8f22..e500a7100 100644
--- a/src/common/io.c
+++ b/src/common/io.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
 
 #define FF_IO_CACHE_VALUE_EXTENSION "ffcv"
 #define FF_IO_CACHE_SPLIT_EXTENSION "ffcs"
@@ -463,33 +462,31 @@ bool ffGetFileContent(const char* fileName, FFstrbuf* buffer)
     return ffAppendFileContent(fileName, buffer);
 }
 
-static volatile bool originalPipesSet = false;
-static volatile int originalStdout = -1;
-static volatile int originalStderr = -1;
-
-void ffDisableOutput()
+// Not thread safe!
+void ffSuppressIO(bool suppress)
 {
-    fflush(stdout);
-    fflush(stderr);
+    static bool init = false;
+    static int origOut = -1;
+    static int origErr = -1;
+    static int nullFile = -1;
 
-    if(!originalPipesSet)
+    if(!init)
     {
-        originalStdout = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
-        originalStderr = dup(STDERR_FILENO);
-        originalPipesSet = true;
+        if(!suppress)
+            return;
+
+        origOut = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
+        origErr = dup(STDERR_FILENO);
+        nullFile = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
+        init = true;
     }
 
-    int nullFile = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
-    dup2(nullFile, STDOUT_FILENO);
-    dup2(nullFile, STDERR_FILENO);
-    close(nullFile);
-}
+    if(nullFile == -1)
+        return;
 
-void ffEnableOutput()
-{
     fflush(stdout);
     fflush(stderr);
 
-    dup2(originalStdout, STDOUT_FILENO);
-    dup2(originalStderr, STDERR_FILENO);
+    dup2(suppress ? nullFile : origOut, STDOUT_FILENO);
+    dup2(suppress ? nullFile : origErr, STDERR_FILENO);
 }
diff --git a/src/fastfetch.h b/src/fastfetch.h
index 73bfacdf8..0618edc7f 100644
--- a/src/fastfetch.h
+++ b/src/fastfetch.h
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ bool ffGetFileContent(const char* fileName, FFstrbuf* buffer);
 bool ffWriteFDContent(int fd, const FFstrbuf* content);
 void ffWriteFileContent(const char* fileName, const FFstrbuf* buffer);
 
-void ffDisableOutput();
-void ffEnableOutput();
+// Not thread safe!
+void ffSuppressIO(bool suppress);
 
 // They return true if the file was found, independently if start was found
 // Buffers which already contain content are not overwritten
diff --git a/src/modules/gpu.c b/src/modules/gpu.c
index 642d02762..b8b6823b3 100644
--- a/src/modules/gpu.c
+++ b/src/modules/gpu.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static void vulkanFillGPUs(FFinstance* instance, FFlist* results)
 
     //Some drivers (nvdc) print messages to stdout
     //and thats the best way i found to disable that
-    ffDisableOutput();
+    ffSuppressIO(true);
 
     const VkApplicationInfo applicationInfo = {
         .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void vulkanFillGPUs(FFinstance* instance, FFlist* results)
     if(ffvkCreateInstance(&instanceCreateInfo, NULL, &vkInstance) != VK_SUCCESS)
     {
         dlclose(vulkan);
-        ffEnableOutput();
+        ffSuppressIO(false);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static void vulkanFillGPUs(FFinstance* instance, FFlist* results)
     {
         ffvkDestroyInstance(vkInstance, NULL);
         dlclose(vulkan);
-        ffEnableOutput();
+        ffSuppressIO(false);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void vulkanFillGPUs(FFinstance* instance, FFlist* results)
         free(physicalDevices);
         ffvkDestroyInstance(vkInstance, NULL);
         dlclose(vulkan);
-        ffEnableOutput();
+        ffSuppressIO(false);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void vulkanFillGPUs(FFinstance* instance, FFlist* results)
     free(physicalDevices);
     ffvkDestroyInstance(vkInstance, NULL);
     dlclose(vulkan);
-    ffEnableOutput();
+    ffSuppressIO(false);
     return;
 }