diff --git a/src/console/ConsoleReader.php b/src/console/ConsoleReader.php
index 9da61cb6dd..c34be83c39 100644
--- a/src/console/ConsoleReader.php
+++ b/src/console/ConsoleReader.php
@@ -23,50 +23,37 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace pocketmine\console;
 
+use pocketmine\utils\AssumptionFailedError;
 use function fclose;
-use function fgets;
 use function fopen;
-use function is_resource;
 use function stream_select;
 use function trim;
-use function usleep;
 
 final class ConsoleReader{
 	/** @var resource */
 	private $stdin;
 
 	public function __construct(){
-		$this->initStdin();
-	}
-
-	private function initStdin() : void{
-		if(is_resource($this->stdin)){
-			fclose($this->stdin);
-		}
-
-		$this->stdin = fopen("php://stdin", "r");
+		$stdin = fopen("php://stdin", "r");
+		if($stdin === false) throw new AssumptionFailedError("Opening stdin should never fail");
+		$this->stdin = $stdin;
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Reads a line from the console and adds it to the buffer. This method may block the thread.
+	 * @throws ConsoleReaderException
 	 */
 	public function readLine() : ?string{
-		if(!is_resource($this->stdin)){
-			$this->initStdin();
-		}
-
 		$r = [$this->stdin];
 		$w = $e = null;
 		if(($count = stream_select($r, $w, $e, 0, 200000)) === 0){ //nothing changed in 200000 microseconds
 			return null;
 		}elseif($count === false){ //stream error
-			$this->initStdin();
+			throw new ConsoleReaderException("Unexpected EOF on select()");
 		}
 
 		if(($raw = fgets($this->stdin)) === false){ //broken pipe or EOF
-			$this->initStdin();
-			usleep(200000); //prevent CPU waste if it's end of pipe
-			return null; //loop back round
+			throw new ConsoleReaderException("Unexpected EOF on fgets()");
 		}
 
 		$line = trim($raw);
diff --git a/src/console/ConsoleReaderChildProcess.php b/src/console/ConsoleReaderChildProcess.php
index 3879ecdff8..6f4a742584 100644
--- a/src/console/ConsoleReaderChildProcess.php
+++ b/src/console/ConsoleReaderChildProcess.php
@@ -45,8 +45,18 @@ if($socket === false){
 }
 $consoleReader = new ConsoleReader();
 while(!feof($socket)){
-	$line = $consoleReader->readLine();
-	if($line !== null){
-		fwrite($socket, $line . "\n");
+	try{
+		$line = $consoleReader->readLine();
+	}catch(ConsoleReaderException $e){
+		//Encountered unexpected EOF. This might be because the user did something stupid, or because the parent process
+		//has died. In either case, commit suicide. If the parent process is still alive, it will start a new console
+		//reader.
+		break;
+	}
+	if(@fwrite($socket, ($line ?? "") . "\n") === false){
+		//Always send even if there's no line, to check if the parent is alive
+		//If the parent process was terminated forcibly, it won't close the connection properly, so feof() will return
+		//false even though the connection is actually broken. However, fwrite() will fail.
+		break;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/console/ConsoleReaderException.php b/src/console/ConsoleReaderException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf9e8fc672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/console/ConsoleReaderException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ *
+ *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
+ * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
+ * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
+ * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
+ * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * @author PocketMine Team
+ * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
+ *
+ *
+*/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace pocketmine\console;
+
+final class ConsoleReaderException extends \RuntimeException{
+
+}
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