diff --git a/loader/src/platform/windows/console.cpp b/loader/src/platform/windows/console.cpp
index e19d6bff1..59b76e3ac 100644
--- a/loader/src/platform/windows/console.cpp
+++ b/loader/src/platform/windows/console.cpp
@@ -115,19 +115,19 @@ void console::setup() {
                 path = std::string(buf, count - 1);
             }
 
-            // count == 0 => not a console and not a file, assume it's closed
-            // wine does something weird with /dev/null? not sure tbh but it's definitely up to no good
-            // TODO: the isWine check is pretty hacky but without it the game does not launch at all and i cba to figure it out rn
-            if ((count == 0 || path.ends_with("\\dev\\null"))) {
-                s_outHandle = nullptr;
-                CloseHandle(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE));
-                CloseHandle(GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE));
-                CloseHandle(GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE));
-                FreeConsole();
-                SetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, nullptr);
-                SetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE, nullptr);
-                SetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE, nullptr);
-            }
+            // TODO: this code causes a crash when piping game's output somewhere (and in some other cases), so it's removed for now
+            // // count == 0 => not a console and not a file, assume it's closed
+            // // wine does something weird with /dev/null? not sure tbh but it's definitely up to no good
+            // if ((count == 0 || path.ends_with("\\dev\\null"))) {
+            //     s_outHandle = nullptr;
+            //     CloseHandle(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE));
+            //     CloseHandle(GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE));
+            //     CloseHandle(GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE));
+            //     FreeConsole();
+            //     SetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, nullptr);
+            //     SetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE, nullptr);
+            //     SetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE, nullptr);
+            // }
         }
 
         // clion console supports escape codes but we can't query that because it's a named pipe