diff --git a/src/common/io.c b/src/common/io.c
index 84a36c29a..0e2a04d09 100644
--- a/src/common/io.c
+++ b/src/common/io.c
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #include "fastfetch.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <malloc.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <termios.h>
+#include <poll.h>
 
 bool ffWriteFDContent(int fd, const FFstrbuf* content)
 {
@@ -128,32 +128,42 @@ bool ffFileExists(const char* fileName, mode_t mode)
     return stat(fileName, &fileStat) == 0 && ((fileStat.st_mode & S_IFMT) == mode);
 }
 
-void ffGetTerminalResponse(const char* request, char end, const char* format, ...)
+void ffGetTerminalResponse(const char* request, const char* format, ...)
 {
     struct termios oldTerm, newTerm;
-    tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &oldTerm);
+    if(tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &oldTerm) == -1)
+        return;
 
     newTerm = oldTerm;
     newTerm.c_lflag &= (tcflag_t) ~(ICANON | ECHO);
-    tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &newTerm);
+    if(tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &newTerm) == -1)
+        return;
 
     fputs(request, stdout);
+    fflush(stdout);
+
+    struct pollfd pfd;
+    pfd.fd = STDIN_FILENO;
+    pfd.events = POLLIN;
+    pfd.revents = 0;
+
+    //Give the terminal 20ms to respond
+    if(poll(&pfd, 1, 20) <= 0)
+    {
+        tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &oldTerm);
+        return;
+    }
 
     char buffer[512];
-    int pos = 0;
-    while((size_t) pos < sizeof(buffer) - 1)
-    {
-        char c = (char) getc(stdin);
-        if(c == '\0')
-            break;
-        buffer[pos++] = c;
-        if(c == end)
-            break;
-    }
-    buffer[pos] = '\0';
+    ssize_t readed = read(STDIN_FILENO, buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1);
 
     tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &oldTerm);
 
+    if(readed <= 0)
+        return;
+
+    buffer[readed] = '\0';
+
     va_list args;
     va_start(args, format);
     vsscanf(buffer, format, args);
diff --git a/src/detection/media.c b/src/detection/media.c
index 865a2aa6c..251dd7ab6 100644
--- a/src/detection/media.c
+++ b/src/detection/media.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 
 #define FF_DBUS_MPRIS_PREFIX "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2."
-#define FF_DBUS_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS 50
+#define FF_DBUS_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS 20
 
 #ifdef FF_HAVE_DBUS
 #include <dbus/dbus.h>
diff --git a/src/fastfetch.h b/src/fastfetch.h
index f9aa6bdd2..f6ad66088 100644
--- a/src/fastfetch.h
+++ b/src/fastfetch.h
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ bool ffWriteFileContent(const char* fileName, const FFstrbuf* buffer);
 bool ffFileExists(const char* fileName, mode_t mode);
 void ffSuppressIO(bool suppress); // Not thread safe!
 
-void ffGetTerminalResponse(const char* request, char end, const char* format, ...);
+void ffGetTerminalResponse(const char* request, const char* format, ...);
 
 //common/printing.c
 void ffPrintError(FFinstance* instance, const char* moduleName, uint8_t moduleIndex, const FFstrbuf* customKeyFormat, const FFstrbuf* formatString, uint32_t numFormatArgs, const char* message, ...);
diff --git a/src/logo/image/image.c b/src/logo/image/image.c
index ca62b3734..23fdff2ea 100644
--- a/src/logo/image/image.c
+++ b/src/logo/image/image.c
@@ -330,10 +330,10 @@ static bool getTermInfo(struct winsize* winsize)
     ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ, winsize);
 
     if(winsize->ws_row == 0 || winsize->ws_col == 0)
-        ffGetTerminalResponse("\033[18t", 't', "\033[8;%hu;%hut", &winsize->ws_row, &winsize->ws_col);
+        ffGetTerminalResponse("\033[18t", "\033[8;%hu;%hut", &winsize->ws_row, &winsize->ws_col);
 
     if(winsize->ws_ypixel == 0 || winsize->ws_xpixel == 0)
-        ffGetTerminalResponse("\033[14t", 't', "\033[4;%hu;%hut", &winsize->ws_ypixel, &winsize->ws_xpixel);
+        ffGetTerminalResponse("\033[14t", "\033[4;%hu;%hut", &winsize->ws_ypixel, &winsize->ws_xpixel);
 
     return
         winsize->ws_row > 0 &&