diff --git a/src/ink/components/App.tsx b/src/ink/components/App.tsx
index a805ce31..deeb8f4c 100644
--- a/src/ink/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/ink/components/App.tsx
@@ -227,11 +227,11 @@ export default class App extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
         // The buffered text is preserved for REPL.tsx via consumeEarlyInput().
         stopCapturingEarlyInput();
         stdin.ref();
-        // Windows consoles can leave stdin paused even after raw mode is set.
-        // Explicitly resuming keeps `readable` events flowing cross-platform.
-        stdin.resume();
         stdin.setRawMode(true);
         stdin.addListener('readable', this.handleReadable);
+        // Windows consoles can leave stdin paused even after raw mode is set.
+        // Resume after attaching the listener so input doesn't wake up early.
+        stdin.resume();
         // Enable bracketed paste mode
         this.props.stdout.write(EBP);
         // Enable terminal focus reporting (DECSET 1004)
diff --git a/src/utils/earlyInput.ts b/src/utils/earlyInput.ts
index 8248ee91..300ec242 100644
--- a/src/utils/earlyInput.ts
+++ b/src/utils/earlyInput.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ export function startCapturingEarlyInput(): void {
     process.stdin.setEncoding('utf8')
     process.stdin.setRawMode(true)
     process.stdin.ref()
-    process.stdin.resume()
 
     readableHandler = () => {
       let chunk = process.stdin.read()
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ export function startCapturingEarlyInput(): void {
     }
 
     process.stdin.on('readable', readableHandler)
+    process.stdin.resume()
   } catch {
     // If we can't set raw mode, just silently continue without early capture
     isCapturing = false