diff --git a/rman-gateway.scm b/rman-gateway.scm
index 84c18ba..b56f9f6 100644
--- a/rman-gateway.scm
+++ b/rman-gateway.scm
@@ -76,11 +76,13 @@
 	   (cond
 	    ((procedure? and-then)
 	     (run (| (begin (man section key man-path))
-		     (begin (and-then key section)))))
+		     (begin (and-then key section)))
+		  stdports))
 	    (else
 	     (run (| (begin (man section key man-path))
 		     (,@rman/rman ,@and-then
-				  -r ,(reference-template entry section))))))))
+				  -r ,(reference-template entry section)))
+		  stdports)))))
 
       (if (not (zero? status))
 	  (http-error http-reply/internal-error #f
@@ -105,8 +107,7 @@
     (if (not (zero?
 	      (with-env (("MANPATH" . ,(string-join man-path ":")))
 	        (run (,@rman/man ,@(if section `(,section) '()) ,key)
-		     (< /dev/null)
-		     (> 2 /dev/null)))))
+		     stdports))))
 	(http-error http-reply/not-found #f "man page not found")))))
 
 (define man-default-sections
@@ -153,8 +154,8 @@
 (define (cat-n-decode file)
   (let ((ext (file-name-extension file)))
     (cond
-     ((string=? ".gz" ext) (run (,@rman/gzcat ,file)))
-     ((string=? ".Z" ext) (run (,@rman/zcat ,file)))
+     ((string=? ".gz" ext) (run (,@rman/gzcat ,file) stdports))
+     ((string=? ".Z" ext) (run (,@rman/zcat ,file) stdports))
      (else (call-with-input-file
 	       file
 	     (lambda (port)
@@ -164,5 +165,6 @@
   (if (not (zero? (run (| (begin (cat-n-decode file))
 			  (begin
 			    (with-cwd (file->man-directory file)
-				      (exec-epf (,@rman/nroff))))))))
+				      (exec-epf (,@rman/nroff)))))
+		       stdports)))
       (http-error http-reply/not-found #f "man page not found")))