diff --git a/play zone/terminalManagement b/play zone/terminalManagement
index edc3dfa3..e830a934 100644
--- a/play zone/terminalManagement	
+++ b/play zone/terminalManagement	
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Terminal:
         return {"c": (cursor.x, cursor.y), "lines": lines}
 
 
-def open_terminal(command="bash", columns=25, lines=80):
+def open_terminal(command="bash", columns=80, lines=25):
     p_pid, master_fd = pty.fork()
     print('PID',p_pid)
     if p_pid == 0:  # Child.
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def HandleTerminal():
     try:
         tty.setraw(0)
         terminal, p_pid, p_out = open_terminal()
+        std_out = os.fdopen(sys.stdout.fileno(), "w+b", 0)
         #termios.tcdrain(p_pid)
         #termios.tcdrain(0)
         while running:
@@ -62,12 +63,13 @@ def HandleTerminal():
                 if debug:
                     print('pre p_out')                                            
                 try:
-                    msgBytes = os.read(p_out.fileno(), 4)                 
+                    msgBytes = read_all(p_out.fileno())
+                    #msgBytes = p_out.read(65536)
+                    #msgBytes = os.read(p_out.fileno(), 4)                 
                     #p_out.read(4096)
                 except (EOFError, OSError):
                     running = False
-                    #sys.exit(0)                               
-                terminal.feed(msgBytes)                    
+                    #sys.exit(0)                                                      
                 os.write(sys.stdout.fileno(), msgBytes)
                 sys.stdout.flush()
                 #print(terminal.screen.display)
@@ -75,11 +77,11 @@ def HandleTerminal():
                     print('after p_out')                    
             if sys.stdin in r:
                 if debug:
-                    print('pre stdin')                        
-                msgBytes = os.read(sys.stdin.fileno(), 1)
-                terminal.feed(msgBytes)
-                p_out.write(msgBytes)
-                p_out.flush()
+                    print('pre stdin')       
+                msgBytes = read_all(sys.stdin.fileno())
+                #msgBytes = os.read(sys.stdin.fileno(), 1)
+                terminal.feed(msgBytes)            
+                os.write(p_out.fileno(), msgBytes)
                 if debug:
                     print('after stdin')                
     except Exception as e:  # Process died?
@@ -102,5 +104,20 @@ def resize_terminal(fd):
     rows, cols, _, _ = struct.unpack('hhhh', s)
     return rows, cols
 
+def read_all(fd):
+    bytes = os.read(fd, 4096)
+    if bytes == b'':
+        raise EOFError
+    while has_more(fd):
+        data = os.read(fd, 4096)
+        if data == b'':
+            raise EOFError
+        bytes += data
+    return bytes
+
+def has_more(fd):
+    r, w, e = select.select([fd], [], [], 0)
+    return (fd in r)
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     HandleTerminal()