diff --git a/ircbot.py b/ircbot.py
index 848e1a9..0fc25f9 100644
--- a/ircbot.py
+++ b/ircbot.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import configparser
 import select
 import socket
+import sys
 import threading
 import time
 from collections import namedtuple
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ import line_handling
 Server = namedtuple('Server', ['host', 'port', 'nick', 'username', 'realname', 'channels'])
 
 class LoggerThread(threading.Thread):
-	def __init__(self, logging_channel, dead_notify_channel):
+	def __init__(self, interactive_console, logging_channel, dead_notify_channel):
+		self.interactive_console = interactive_console
 		self.logging_channel = logging_channel
 		self.dead_notify_channel = dead_notify_channel
 
@@ -29,11 +31,11 @@ class LoggerThread(threading.Thread):
 			# Lines that were sent between server and client
 			if message_type == logmessage_types.sent:
 				assert len(message_data) == 1
-				print('>' + message_data[0])
+				if self.interactive_console: print('>' + message_data[0])
 
 			elif message_type == logmessage_types.received:
 				assert len(message_data) == 1
-				print('<' + message_data[0])
+				if self.interactive_console: print('<' + message_data[0])
 
 			# Messages that are from internal components
 			elif message_type == logmessage_types.internal:
@@ -391,12 +393,12 @@ def spawn_serverthread(server, auth, cron_control_channel, logging_channel):
 	ServerThread(server, auth, control_channel, cron_control_channel, logging_channel).start()
 	return control_channel
 
-# spawn_loggerthread() → logging_channel, dead_notify_channel
+# spawn_loggerthread(interactive_console) → logging_channel, dead_notify_channel
 # Spawn logger thread and returns the channel it logs and the channel it uses to notify about quiting
-def spawn_loggerthread():
+def spawn_loggerthread(interactive_console):
 	logging_channel = channel.Channel()
 	dead_notify_channel = channel.Channel()
-	LoggerThread(logging_channel, dead_notify_channel).start()
+	LoggerThread(interactive_console, logging_channel, dead_notify_channel).start()
 	return logging_channel, dead_notify_channel
 
 # read_config() → config, server
@@ -423,15 +425,17 @@ def read_config():
 	return config, server, (user, password)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+	interactive_console = sys.stdin.isatty()
+
 	config, server, auth = read_config()
 
 	botcmd.initialize(config = config)
 
 	cron_control_channel = cron.start()
-	logging_channel, dead_notify_channel = spawn_loggerthread()
+	logging_channel, dead_notify_channel = spawn_loggerthread(interactive_console)
 	control_channel = spawn_serverthread(server, auth, cron_control_channel, logging_channel)
 
-	while True:
+	while interactive_console:
 		message = dead_notify_channel.recv(blocking = False)
 		if message is not None:
 			if message[0] == controlmessage_types.quit: