diff --git a/src/conversion.cpp b/src/conversion.cpp
index 8ccca41..1209147 100644
--- a/src/conversion.cpp
+++ b/src/conversion.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "pixels.hpp"
 
 static std::string resize_str() {
-    sc::term t {STDERR_FILENO};
+    sc::term t {STDOUT_FILENO};
     int cols = t.cols() - 1;
     int rows = t.rows() * 2 - 4;
     std::ostringstream oss;
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ void convert(const std::string& path) { // try to convert to ppm using ImageMagi
             throw std::runtime_error {"could not fork"};
 
         case 0: { // child
+            std::string resize {resize_str()};
+
             throw_if_min1(dup2(pfd[1], STDOUT_FILENO));
             throw_if_min1(close(pfd[0]));
             throw_if_min1(close(pfd[1]));
 
-            std::string resize {resize_str()};
             int res = execlp("magick", "magick", path.c_str(), "-resize", resize.c_str(), "ppm:-", nullptr);
             if (res == -1) { // probably "magick" not found, try "convert"
                 res = execlp("convert", "convert", path.c_str(), "-resize", resize.c_str(), "ppm:-", nullptr);