diff --git a/base/scripts/init.tb b/base/scripts/init.tb
index 7b873c3..0ff3e62 100644
--- a/base/scripts/init.tb
+++ b/base/scripts/init.tb
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 @print "this is an init script!"
 base:/bin/pctl ls
-base:/bin/tb -m interactive
diff --git a/kernel/syscall/ipcpipe.c b/kernel/syscall/ipcpipe.c
index 7617528..53ff338 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall/ipcpipe.c
+++ b/kernel/syscall/ipcpipe.c
@@ -61,6 +61,21 @@ int32_t SYSCALL5(sys_ipcpipe, pid1, pipenum1, cmd1, buffer1, len1) {
 
       ret = E_OK;
     } break;
+    case IPCPIPE_DELETE: {
+      if (pipenum >= PROC_PIPEHANDLES_MAX) {
+        ret = E_NOMEMORY;
+        goto done;
+      }
+
+      spinlock_acquire(&proc->pipes_spinlock);
+      if (proc->pipes[pipenum] != NULL) {
+        ipc_pipefree(proc->pipes[pipenum]);
+        dlfree(proc->pipes[pipenum]);
+        proc->pipes[pipenum] = NULL;
+      }
+      spinlock_release(&proc->pipes_spinlock);
+      ret = E_OK;
+    } break;
     case IPCPIPE_WRITE: {
       if (pipenum >= PROC_PIPEHANDLES_MAX) {
         ret = E_INVALIDARGUMENT;
diff --git a/share/sysdefs/ipcpipe.h b/share/sysdefs/ipcpipe.h
index f7f2760..b98c09f 100644
--- a/share/sysdefs/ipcpipe.h
+++ b/share/sysdefs/ipcpipe.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ enum {
   IPCPIPE_WRITE = 2,
   IPCPIPE_ADD_BCAST = 3,
   IPCPIPE_REPLACE = 4,
+  IPCPIPE_DELETE = 5,
 };
 
 #endif // SHARE_SYSDEFS_IPCPIPE_H_
diff --git a/user/tb/interp.c b/user/tb/interp.c
index 1bac0de..01aa65a 100644
--- a/user/tb/interp.c
+++ b/user/tb/interp.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ bool interp_runstring(const char *string, InterpResult **res, bool logcmds) {
 
       #define OUTBUF_MAX 1024
       char *outbuf = dlmalloc(OUTBUF_MAX);
+      string_memset(outbuf, 0, OUTBUF_MAX);
 
       ipcpipe(PID, SUBPROC_PIPE_OUT, IPCPIPE_MAKE, NULL, 0);
 
@@ -219,33 +220,29 @@ bool interp_runstring(const char *string, InterpResult **res, bool logcmds) {
       if (app < 0) {
         usprintf(RES.errmsg, "Could not run %s: %s\n", appname, ERRSTRING(app));
         ok = false;
-        dlfree(outbuf);
-        for (size_t j = 0; j < argslen1; j++) {
-          dlfree(args1[j]);
-        }
-        dlfree(args1);
-        dlfree(appname);
-        goto done;
+        goto cleanup;
       }
 
       ipcpipe(app, IPCPIPE_OUT, IPCPIPE_REPLACE, (uint8_t *)PID, SUBPROC_PIPE_OUT);
       ipcpipe(app, IPCPIPE_IN, IPCPIPE_REPLACE, (uint8_t *)PID, IPCPIPE_IN);
       processctl(app, PCTL_RUN, 0, 0, 0);
 
-      while (processctl(app, PCTL_POLLSTATE, 0, 0, 0) != 4) {
-        string_memset(outbuf, 0, OUTBUF_MAX);
-        int32_t nrd = ipcpipe(PID, SUBPROC_PIPE_OUT, IPCPIPE_READ, (uint8_t *)outbuf, sizeof(outbuf));
+      do {
+        int32_t nrd = ipcpipe(PID, SUBPROC_PIPE_OUT, IPCPIPE_READ, (uint8_t *)outbuf, OUTBUF_MAX);
         if (nrd > 0) {
           uprintf("%s", outbuf);
+          string_memset(outbuf, 0, OUTBUF_MAX);
         }
-      }
+      } while(processctl(app, PCTL_POLLSTATE, 0, 0, 0) != 4);
 
-      dlfree(outbuf);
-      for (size_t j = 0; j < argslen1; j++) {
-        dlfree(args1[j]);
-      }
-      dlfree(args1);
-      dlfree(appname);
+      cleanup:
+        ipcpipe(PID, SUBPROC_PIPE_OUT, IPCPIPE_DELETE, NULL, 0);
+        dlfree(outbuf);
+        for (size_t j = 0; j < argslen1; j++) {
+          dlfree(args1[j]);
+        }
+        dlfree(args1);
+        dlfree(appname);
     }
 
     tz_free(&tz);