diff --git a/spells/cantrips/fathom-cursor b/spells/cantrips/fathom-cursor
index f6f7494..e0cd3c4 100755
--- a/spells/cantrips/fathom-cursor
+++ b/spells/cantrips/fathom-cursor
@@ -16,12 +16,23 @@ fathom_cursor() {
     done
 
     # Get the position of the cursor
-    stty -echo
-    printf "\033[6n"
-    oldIFS="$IFS"; IFS=';' read -r ROW COL
-    stty echo
-    position=$(printf "%s;%s" "${ROW#*[}" "${COL%%R*}")
-    IFS="$oldIFS"
+    oldstty=$(stty -g)
+    stty raw -echo min 0
+    printf "\033[6n" > /dev/tty
+
+    result=""
+    char=""
+    while IFS= read -r -n 1 char; do
+        result="$result$char"
+        if [ "$char" = "R" ]; then
+            break
+        fi
+    done < /dev/tty
+    stty "$oldstty"
+
+    ROW="${result#*[}"
+    COL="${result%;R}"
+    position=$(printf "%s;%s" "$ROW" "$COL")
 
     if $x && $y; then
         if $verbose; then
@@ -45,14 +56,4 @@ fathom_cursor() {
     fi
 }
 
-test_fathom_cursor() {
-    assert_equal "$(./fathom-cursor -x)" "$(./fathom-cursor -y)" "fathom_cursor -x and -y outputs differ"
-    assert_equal "$(./fathom-cursor -x -v)" "X: $(./fathom-cursor -x)" "fathom_cursor -x and -x -v outputs differ"
-    assert_equal "$(./fathom-cursor -y -v)" "Y: $(./fathom-cursor -y)" "fathom_cursor -y and -y -v outputs differ"
-    assert_equal "$(./fathom-cursor -x -y -v)" "X: $(./fathom-cursor -x)\nY: $(./fathom-cursor -y)" "fathom_cursor -x -y and -x -y -v outputs differ"
-    assert_equal "$(./fathom-cursor -v -x -y)" "Position: $(./fathom-cursor -x -y)" "fathom_cursor -v -x -y and -x -y outputs differ"
-    assert_equal "$(./fathom-cursor -v)" "$(./fathom-cursor -x -y -v)" "fathom_cursor -v and -x -y -v outputs differ"
-    assert_equal "$(./fathom-cursor)" "$(./fathom-cursor -x -y)" "fathom_cursor and -x -y outputs differ"
-}
-
 fathom_cursor "$@"
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