diff --git a/peek/peek.c b/peek/peek.c
index 1bfb7bf..9150c61 100644
--- a/peek/peek.c
+++ b/peek/peek.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <errno.h> /* errno */
-#include <stdio.h> /* fprintf(3), getc(3), putc(3), EOF, NULL */
+#include <stdio.h> /* fprintf(3), getc(3), putc(3), stderr, stdin, stdout, EOF,
+                    * NULL */
 #include <stdlib.h> /* size_t */
 #include <string.h> /* strerror(3) */
 #if !defined EX_OK || !defined EX_OSERR || !defined EX_USAGE
@@ -7,8 +8,7 @@
 #endif
 #include <termios.h> /* tcgetattr(3), tcsetattr(3), struct termios, ECHO */
 #include <unistd.h> /* dup(2), execvp(3), fork(2), getopt(3), isatty(3),
-                     * pipe(2), write(2), STDERR_FILENO, STDIN_FILENO,
-                     * STDOUT_FILENO */
+                     * pipe(2), STDIN_FILENO */
 
 static char *program_name = "peek";
 
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 	int eof;
 	size_t i;
 	char include_eof;
-	int outputs[] = {0 /* stdout */, 0 /* stderr */, 0 /* -p */};
+	FILE *outputs[] = {
+		NULL /* stdout */,
+		NULL /* stderr */,
+		NULL /* -p */
+	};
 	int p[2] = {0, 0};
 	struct termios t;
 
@@ -28,15 +32,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 	include_eof = 0;
 	while((c = getopt(argc, argv, "1enopt")) != -1)
 		switch(c){
-		case '1': eof = '\n';                 break;
-		case 'n': include_eof = 1;            break;
-		case 'o': outputs[0] = STDOUT_FILENO; break;
-		case 'e': outputs[1] = STDERR_FILENO; break;
+		case '1': eof = '\n';          break;
+		case 'n': include_eof = 1;     break;
+		case 'o': outputs[0] = stdout; break;
+		case 'e': outputs[1] = stderr; break;
 		case 'p':
 			if(pipe(p) != 0)
 				goto die;
-			else
-				outputs[2] = p[1];
+			else if((outputs[2] = fdopen(p[1], "ab")) == NULL)
+				goto die;
 			break;
 		case 't':
 			if(isatty(STDIN_FILENO) != 1){
@@ -78,14 +82,12 @@ usage:		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s (-1enot)"
 	t.c_lflag ^= ECHO;
 	tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSAFLUSH, &t);
 
-	/* TODO redesign with fdopen(3) to use stdio for output */
 	do{	if((c = getc(stdin)) != eof || include_eof)
 			for(i = 0; i < (sizeof outputs)/(sizeof *outputs); ++i)
-				if(outputs[i] != 0
-						&& write(outputs[i], &c, 1)
-							== -1){
+				if(outputs[i] != NULL
+						&& putc(c, outputs[i]) == EOF){
 					if(i == 2)
-						close(outputs[i]);
+						fclose(outputs[i]);
 					outputs[i] = 0;
 				}
 	}while(c != eof);