diff --git a/tools/rendr/rendr_utils.sh b/tools/rendr/rendr_utils.sh
index 962dc820328feda1122fc430e8aab756c328b946..fe37875ca4298381208034e5ebdab391801928dd 100755
--- a/tools/rendr/rendr_utils.sh
+++ b/tools/rendr/rendr_utils.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rendr_snippet(){
     echo "rendering $tmpR..."
 
     shift
-    rend.R --resprefix "$reportName" $tmpR $*
+    rend.R --resprefix "$reportName" $tmpR $* < /dev/tty
 
 #    rm -r $(dirname $tmpR)
     rm ${tmpR}