diff --git a/Toby Doom Launcher.py b/Toby Doom Launcher.py
index 78348c9..d002f57 100755
--- a/Toby Doom Launcher.py	
+++ b/Toby Doom Launcher.py	
@@ -244,51 +244,30 @@ class SpeechHandler:
     def speak_thread(self, process: subprocess.Popen):
         """Thread to handle speech processing"""
         startSpeech = False  # Don't start speaking until after initial output
-        
-        try:
-            # Read directly from stdout, no need for buffer attribute
-            for line in process.stdout:
-                try:
-                    # Try multiple encodings in order
-                    encodings = ['utf-8', 'gbk', 'big5', 'latin1']
-                    lineStr = None
-                    
-                    for encoding in encodings:
-                        try:
-                            if isinstance(line, bytes):
-                                lineStr = line.decode(encoding).strip()
-                            else:
-                                lineStr = line.strip()
-                            break  # Successfully decoded
-                        except UnicodeDecodeError:
-                            continue
-                            
-                    if lineStr is None:
-                        print(f"Failed to decode line with any encoding", file=sys.stderr)
-                        continue
-                    
-                    # Keep gzdoom's existing functionality of lines being printed to the console
-                    print(lineStr)
-                    
-                    # Wait for the initial separator before starting speech
-                    if not startSpeech:
-                        if lineStr and all(c == '-' for c in lineStr):
-                            startSpeech = True
-                        continue
-                    
-                    processedLine = self.process_line(lineStr)
-                    if processedLine:
-                        try:
-                            self.speak(processedLine)
-                        except Exception as e:
-                            print(f"Error speaking line: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
-                        
-                except Exception as e:
-                    print(f"Error processing line: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
-                    continue  # Skip this line and continue with the next
-                    
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(f"Error in speech thread: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                line = process.stdout.readline()
+                # Keep gzdoom's existing functionality of lines being printed to the console.
+                print(line, end='')
+                if not line:
+                    break
+
+                lineStr = line.strip()
+
+                # Wait for the initial separator before starting speech
+                if not startSpeech:
+                    if lineStr and all(c == '-' for c in lineStr):
+                        startSpeech = True
+                    continue
+
+                processedLine = self.process_line(lineStr)
+                if processedLine:
+                    self.speak(processedLine)
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"Error processing game output: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+                break
 
 
 class MenuDialog(QDialog):