diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5d2e1a344..b2d053b0e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Here you can find the recent changes to libtmux
 
 current
 -------
+- :issue:`251`: Enchance subprocess interaction std[in|out|err]. Needed
+  for interact with big buffer
 - :issue:`303` Add ``common.get_libtmux_version`` which gives the tmux
   version as a loose constraint. Fix linking to terms inside docs, and
   duplicate description of module which sphinx warned about in api.rst.
diff --git a/libtmux/common.py b/libtmux/common.py
index 4df50ec4d..4874745dd 100644
--- a/libtmux/common.py
+++ b/libtmux/common.py
@@ -205,11 +205,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             self.process = subprocess.Popen(
                 cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
             )
-            self.process.wait()
-            stdout = self.process.stdout.read()
-            self.process.stdout.close()
-            stderr = self.process.stderr.read()
-            self.process.stderr.close()
+            stdout, stderr = self.process.communicate()
             returncode = self.process.returncode
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error('Exception for %s: \n%s' % (subprocess.list2cmdline(cmd), e))