diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 0332ae6..66cea91 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ func handleEvent(event sdl.Event, m *milkDropWindow) bool {
  * returns a bool indicating whether the program should keep running and an
  * error, if any.
  */
-func update(m *milkDropWindow) (bool, error) {
+func update(r *bufio.Reader, m *milkDropWindow) (bool, error) {
 	for event := sdl.PollEvent(); event != nil; event = sdl.PollEvent() {
 		keepRunning := handleEvent(event, m)
 		if !keepRunning {
@@ -115,8 +118,17 @@ func update(m *milkDropWindow) (bool, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	keepRunning, err := m.render()
-	return keepRunning, err
+	audioData := make([]int16, r.Size()/2)
+
+	err := binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, audioData)
+	if err == io.ErrUnexpectedEOF {
+		return false, nil
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return true, err
+	}
+
+	m.render(audioData)
+	return true, nil
 }
 
 /*
@@ -147,9 +159,11 @@ func milkbucket(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	m.loadPreset(false)
 
+	r := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+
 	running := true
 	for running {
-		running, err = update(m)
+		running, err = update(r, m)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/window.go b/cmd/window.go
index 38f85db..dc37acf 100644
--- a/cmd/window.go
+++ b/cmd/window.go
@@ -24,12 +24,8 @@ package cmd
 import "C"
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"container/ring"
-	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
-	"io"
-	"os"
 	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
@@ -41,7 +37,6 @@ type milkDropWindow struct {
 	context sdl.GLContext
 	handle  C.projectm_handle
 	preset  *ring.Ring
-	buffer  *bufio.Reader
 }
 
 /*
@@ -83,8 +78,6 @@ func newMilkDropWindow(width, height int32, presets []string) (*milkDropWindow,
 
 	m.setupPresets(presets)
 
-	m.buffer = bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
-
 	m.window, err = sdl.CreateWindow("milkbucket", sdl.WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, sdl.WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, width, height, sdl.WINDOW_OPENGL|sdl.WINDOW_RESIZABLE)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &m, err
@@ -127,25 +120,14 @@ func (m *milkDropWindow) loadPreset(smooth bool) {
 }
 
 /*
- * render reads data from stdin and passes the data to projectm for rendering.
- * It returns a bool for if the program should keep running and an error.
+ * render passes data to projectm for rendering. It returns a bool for if the
+ * program should keep running and an error.
  */
-func (m *milkDropWindow) render() (bool, error) {
-	audioData := make([]int16, m.buffer.Size()/2)
-
-	err := binary.Read(m.buffer, binary.LittleEndian, audioData)
-	if err == io.ErrUnexpectedEOF {
-		return false, nil
-	} else if err != nil {
-		return true, err
-	}
-
-	C.projectm_pcm_add_int16(m.handle, (*C.int16_t)(&audioData[0]), C.uint(len(audioData)), C.PROJECTM_STEREO)
+func (m *milkDropWindow) render(data []int16) {
+	C.projectm_pcm_add_int16(m.handle, (*C.int16_t)(&data[0]), C.uint(len(data)), C.PROJECTM_STEREO)
 
 	C.projectm_opengl_render_frame(m.handle)
 	m.window.GLSwap()
-
-	return true, nil
 }
 
 /*