diff --git a/cmd/cli.go b/cmd/cli.go
index e432890c09f981468fc43a9ce8c80681c59c8318..c920a5beb2bc227ff9bf13db0a2c822996250c00 100644
--- a/cmd/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/cli.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func createUser(dbConn *sql.DB, username string) {
 	fmt.Println("Creating user", username)
 
 	fmt.Print("Enter password: ")
-	password, err := term.ReadPassword(int(syscall.Stdin))
+	password, err := term.ReadPassword(syscall.Stdin)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error reading password:", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func createUser(dbConn *sql.DB, username string) {
 	fmt.Println()
 
 	fmt.Print("Confirm password: ")
-	passwordConfirmation, err := term.ReadPassword(int(syscall.Stdin))
+	passwordConfirmation, err := term.ReadPassword(syscall.Stdin)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error reading password confirmation:", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func checkAuthorised(dbConn *sql.DB, username string) {
 	fmt.Printf("Checking whether password for user %s is correct\n", username)
 
 	fmt.Print("Enter password: ")
-	password, err := term.ReadPassword(int(syscall.Stdin))
+	password, err := term.ReadPassword(syscall.Stdin)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error reading password:", err)
 		os.Exit(1)