diff --git a/engine/engine.go b/engine/engine.go
index 8a67128..b2812b6 100644
--- a/engine/engine.go
+++ b/engine/engine.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/drone-runners/drone-runner-podman/internal/podman/errors"
 	"github.com/drone-runners/drone-runner-podman/internal/podman/image"
 	"github.com/drone-runners/drone-runner-podman/internal/podman/jsonmessage"
-	"github.com/drone-runners/drone-runner-podman/internal/podman/stdcopy"
 	"github.com/drone/runner-go/logger"
 	"github.com/drone/runner-go/pipeline/runtime"
 
@@ -353,8 +352,8 @@ func (e *Podman) deferTail(ctx context.Context, id string, output io.Writer) (lo
 		Timestamps: toPtr(false),
 	}
 
-	out := make(chan string, 100)
-	error := make(chan string, 100)
+	out := make(chan string, 512)
+	error := make(chan string, 512)
 
 	err = containers.Logs(ctx, id, &opts, out, error)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -365,7 +364,8 @@ func (e *Podman) deferTail(ctx context.Context, id string, output io.Writer) (lo
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	stdcopy.StdCopy(output, output, logs)
+	logs = NewChansReadClose(ctx, out, error)
+	io.Copy(output, logs)
 
 	return logs, nil
 }
@@ -387,9 +387,11 @@ func (e *Podman) tail(ctx context.Context, id string, output io.Writer) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// go func() {
-	// 	stdcopy.StdCopy(output, output, logs)
-	// 	logs.Close()
-	// }()
+	go func() {
+		logs := NewChansReadClose(ctx, out, error)
+		io.Copy(output, logs)
+		logs.Close()
+	}()
+
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/engine/util.go b/engine/util.go
index ef13ce0..9d869dc 100644
--- a/engine/util.go
+++ b/engine/util.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package engine
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"io"
 	"reflect"
@@ -38,14 +37,14 @@ type ReaderClose struct {
 	channels []chan string
 }
 
-func NewChansReadClose(ctx context.Context, channels ...chan string) ReaderClose {
-	return ReaderClose{
+func NewChansReadClose(ctx context.Context, channels ...chan string) *ReaderClose {
+	return &ReaderClose{
 		ctx:      ctx,
 		channels: channels,
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *ReaderClose) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+func (c *ReaderClose) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	cases := make([]reflect.SelectCase, len(c.channels))
 	for i := range c.channels {
 		cases[i] = reflect.SelectCase{Dir: reflect.SelectRecv, Chan: reflect.ValueOf(c.channels[i])}
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ func (c *ReaderClose) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 		select {
 		case <-c.ctx.Done():
 			c.Close()
-			return len(p), nil
+			return n, io.EOF
 		default:
 		}
 
@@ -67,10 +66,10 @@ func (c *ReaderClose) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		io.WriteString(bytes.NewBuffer(p), value.String())
+		n += copy(p, []byte(value.String()))
 	}
 
-	return len(p), io.EOF
+	return n, io.EOF
 }
 
 func (c *ReaderClose) Close() error {
diff --git a/engine/util_test.go b/engine/util_test.go
index b5dd010..f81958d 100644
--- a/engine/util_test.go
+++ b/engine/util_test.go
@@ -4,8 +4,51 @@
 
 package engine
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
 
 func TestChansToReader(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
 
+	stdout := make(chan string, 1000)
+
+	logs := NewChansReadClose(ctx, stdout)
+
+	mockLogs := []string{
+		"\u0008",
+		"this is a log 1\n",
+		"this is a log 2\n",
+		"this is a log 3\n",
+		"this is a log 4\n",
+		"this is a log 5\n",
+		"this is a log 6\n",
+		"this is a log 7\n",
+		"this is a log 8\n",
+		"this is a log 9\n",
+		"this is a log 10\n",
+		"this is a log 11\n",
+		"this is a log 12\n",
+	}
+
+	go func(mock []string) {
+		for i := range mock {
+			time.Sleep(2)
+			fmt.Printf("sending [mock=%s]\n", mock[i])
+			stdout <- mock[i]
+		}
+		fmt.Println("closing channel...")
+		logs.Close()
+	}(mockLogs)
+
+	fmt.Println("starting std copy...")
+	output := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
+	io.Copy(output, logs)
+
+	fmt.Print(output.String())
 }