1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/hush.c b/hush.c
index 5c129ce17..372c95753 100644
--- a/hush.c
+++ b/hush.c
@@ -891,6 +891,7 @@ static void get_user_input(struct in_str *i)
         the_command[0]=fgetc(i->file);
         the_command[1]='\0';
 #endif
+        fflush(stdout);
         i->p = the_command;
 }
 
@@ -908,7 +909,9 @@ static int file_get(struct in_str *i)
                 /* need to double check i->file because we might be doing something
                  * more complicated by now, like sourcing or substituting. */
                 if (i->__promptme && interactive && i->file == stdin) {
-                        get_user_input(i);
+                        while(! i->p || (interactive && strlen(i->p)==0) ) {
+                                get_user_input(i);
+                        }
                         i->promptmode=2;
                         i->__promptme = 0;
                         if (i->p && *i->p) {