diff --git a/launcher/src/main.rs b/launcher/src/main.rs
index 583220a6355..b9da171498d 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main.rs
+++ b/launcher/src/main.rs
@@ -922,6 +922,8 @@ fn shard_manager(
             if let Ok(n) = stdin.read(&mut buffer) {
                 if n > 0 {
                     let _ = pstdin.write_all(&buffer[..n]);
+                } else {
+                    break;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -1063,6 +1065,8 @@ fn log_lines<R: Sized + Read>(mut bufread: BufReader<R>) {
                         }
                     }
                 }
+            } else {
+                break;
             }
         }
     }