diff --git a/libs/libc/src/init.cpp b/libs/libc/src/init.cpp
index c62ea1dc..e8ac7360 100644
--- a/libs/libc/src/init.cpp
+++ b/libs/libc/src/init.cpp
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ extern char* program_invocation_name;
 extern "C" void initialize_libc(int, char** argv)
 {
     check_for_file(STDIN_FILENO, &stdin, "/dev/kbd", "r");
-    check_for_file(STDOUT_FILENO, &stdout, "/dev/console", "rw");
-    check_for_file(STDERR_FILENO, &stderr, "/dev/console", "rw");
+    check_for_file(STDOUT_FILENO, &stdout, "/dev/console", "w");
+    check_for_file(STDERR_FILENO, &stderr, "/dev/console", "w");
 
     if (argv) program_invocation_name = argv[0];