diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index 2a6990f34..a026fe509 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ bool gpt_params_find_arg(int argc, char ** argv, const std::string & arg, gpt_pa
         params.interactive_specials = true;
         return true;
     }
-    if (arg == "--ctrl-token-no-out") {
+    if (arg == "--no-special") {
         params.ctrl_token_no_out = true;
         return true;
     }
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ void gpt_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const gpt_params & params) {
     printf("  -i, --interactive     run in interactive mode\n");
     printf("  --interactive-specials allow special tokens in user text, in interactive mode\n");
     printf("  --interactive-first   run in interactive mode and wait for input right away\n");
-    printf("  --ctrl-token-no-out   control tokens output disabled\n");
+    printf("  --no-special          control tokens output disabled\n");
     printf("  -cnv, --conversation  run in conversation mode (does not print special tokens and suffix/prefix)\n");
     printf("  -ins, --instruct      run in instruction mode (use with Alpaca models)\n");
     printf("  -cml, --chatml        run in chatml mode (use with ChatML-compatible models)\n");
diff --git a/examples/main/main.cpp b/examples/main/main.cpp
index d997c713e..d5288a5e6 100644
--- a/examples/main/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/main/main.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#define CONTROL_TOKEN_FILENO (3)
+#define SPECIAL_FILENO 3
 #elif defined (_WIN32)
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #ifndef NOMINMAX
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
     // Check if we have an external attachment to a file descriptor for out of band control tokens (e.g. bash `3>/dev/null` )
     // Placed here to avoid file descriptor being polluted by gpt_params_parse() opening files
-    const bool control_token_file_descriptor_is_attached = fcntl(CONTROL_TOKEN_FILENO, F_GETFL) != -1;
+    const bool control_token_file_descriptor_is_attached = fcntl(SPECIAL_FILENO, F_GETFL) != -1;
+    if (!control_token_file_descriptor_is_attached) {
+        // Duplicate stdout file descriptor to control token file descriptor to merge the two streams
+        dup2(STDOUT_FILENO, SPECIAL_FILENO);
+    }
 #endif
 
     gpt_params params;
@@ -136,14 +140,6 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     const bool control_token_allowed_on_standard_stream = !params.conversation && sparams.grammar.empty();
 
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
-    // Merge normal token stream and control token streams together only if not in conversation or grammar mode
-    if (control_token_allowed_on_standard_stream && !control_token_file_descriptor_is_attached) {
-        // Duplicate stdout file descriptor to control token file descriptor to merge the two streams
-        dup2(STDOUT_FILENO, CONTROL_TOKEN_FILENO);
-    }
-#endif
-
 #ifndef LOG_DISABLE_LOGS
     log_set_target(log_filename_generator("main", "log"));
     LOG_TEE("Log start\n");
@@ -768,8 +764,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
                     if (control_token_file_descriptor_is_attached) {
                         // Stream Control Token To Special Token Output. Useful for debugging control token behaviour
-                        fflush(stdout); // Ensure control token is always appended to stdout stream
-                        (void)! write(CONTROL_TOKEN_FILENO, token_str.c_str(), token_str.length());
+                        (void)! write(SPECIAL_FILENO, token_str.c_str(), token_str.length());
                     } else
 #endif
                     if (control_token_allowed_on_standard_stream)
@@ -788,8 +783,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
                     output_tokens.push_back(id);
                     output_ss << token_str;
                 }
+                fflush(stdout);
             }
-            fflush(stdout);
         }
 
         // reset color to default if there is no pending user input