diff --git a/degesch.c b/degesch.c
index 274f437..19bdcfb 100644
--- a/degesch.c
+++ b/degesch.c
@@ -1109,32 +1109,30 @@ static void
 formatter_flush (struct formatter *self, FILE *stream)
 {
 	terminal_printer_fn printer = get_attribute_printer (stream);
+	if (!printer)
+	{
+		LIST_FOR_EACH (struct formatter_item, iter, self->items)
+			if (iter->type == FORMATTER_ITEM_TEXT)
+				fputs (iter->data, stream);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	const char *attr_reset = str_map_find (&self->ctx->config, ATTR_RESET);
-	if (printer)
-		tputs (attr_reset, 1, printer);
+	tputs (attr_reset, 1, printer);
 
 	bool is_attributed = false;
-	bool is_tty = isatty (fileno (stream));
 	LIST_FOR_EACH (struct formatter_item, iter, self->items)
 	{
 		switch (iter->type)
 		{
+			char *term;
 		case FORMATTER_ITEM_TEXT:
-			if (is_tty)
-			{
-				char *term = iconv_xstrdup
-					(self->ctx->term_from_utf8, iter->data, -1, NULL);
-				fputs (term, stream);
-				free (term);
-			}
-			else
-				fputs (iter->data, stream);
+			term = iconv_xstrdup
+				(self->ctx->term_from_utf8, iter->data, -1, NULL);
+			fputs (term, stream);
+			free (term);
 			break;
 		case FORMATTER_ITEM_ATTR:
-			if (!printer)
-				continue;
-
 			if (is_attributed)
 			{
 				tputs (attr_reset, 1, printer);
@@ -1147,16 +1145,10 @@ formatter_flush (struct formatter *self, FILE *stream)
 			}
 			break;
 		case FORMATTER_ITEM_FG_COLOR:
-			if (!printer)
-				continue;
-
 			tputs (g_terminal.color_set_fg[iter->color], 1, printer);
 			is_attributed = true;
 			break;
 		case FORMATTER_ITEM_BG_COLOR:
-			if (!printer)
-				continue;
-
 			tputs (g_terminal.color_set_bg[iter->color], 1, printer);
 			is_attributed = true;
 			break;