diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4ef92b1..1835ff6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 name = "nvim-gtk"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "atty 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "cairo-rs 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "env_logger 0.5.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "gdk 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -379,7 +380,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "gtk-sys 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "htmlescape 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "libc 0.2.36 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "neovim-lib 0.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pango 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 787059f..f9c34be 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ serde_derive = "1.0"
 toml = "0.4"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 
-libc = "0.2"
+atty = "0.2"
 
 #[dependencies.neovim-lib]
 #git = "https://github.com/daa84/neovim-lib"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 84f6836..902bae8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern crate rmpv;
 extern crate unicode_segmentation;
 extern crate unicode_width;
 
-extern crate libc;
+extern crate atty;
 extern crate serde;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_derive;
@@ -175,9 +175,7 @@ where
 }
 
 fn read_piped_input() -> Option<String> {
-    let isatty = unsafe { libc::isatty(libc::STDIN_FILENO) != 0 };
-
-    if !isatty {
+    if atty::isnt(atty::Stream::Stdin) {
         let mut buf = String::new();
         match std::io::stdin().read_to_string(&mut buf) {
             Ok(_) => Some(buf),