diff --git a/prettyping b/prettyping
index b6e7881..386eca8 100755
--- a/prettyping
+++ b/prettyping
@@ -198,52 +198,23 @@ parse_arguments "$@"
 
 export LC_ALL=C
 
-# Warning! Ugly code ahead!
-# The code is so ugly that the comments explaining it are
-# bigger than the code itself!
-#
-# Suppose this:
-#
-#   cmd_a | cmd_b &
-#
-# I need the PID of cmd_a. How can I get it?
-# In bash, $! will give me the PID of cmd_b.
-#
-# So, I came up with this ugly solution: open a subshell, like this:
-#
-# (
-# 	cmd_a &
-# 	echo "This is the PID I want $!"
-# 	wait
-# ) | cmd_b
-
+# Ignore SIGINT (Ctrl-C) downstream of ping, so the pipeline can cleanly finish when ping is interrupted.
 
-# Ignore Ctrl+C here.
-# If I don't do this, this shell script is killed before
-# ping and gawk can finish their work.
-trap '' 2
+"${PING_BIN}" "${PING_PARAMS[@]}" 2>&1 | (
+	trap '' INT
 
-# Now the ugly code.
-(
-	"${PING_BIN}" "${PING_PARAMS[@]}" &
-	PING_PID="$!"
-
-	# Commented out, because it looks like this line is not needed
-	#trap "kill -2 $PING_PID ; exit 1" 2  # Catch Ctrl+C here
-
-	wait
-) 2>&1 | (
 	if [ "${IS_TERMINAL}" = 1 ]; then
 		# Print a message to notify the awk script about terminal size change.
-		trap "echo SIGWINCH" 28
+		trap 'echo SIGWINCH' WINCH
 	fi
 
-	# The trap must be in another subshell because otherwise it will interrupt
-	# the "wait" commmand.
-	while read line; do
-		echo -E "$line"
+	while read -r line; do
+		printf '%s\n' "$line"
 	done
-) 2>&1 | "${AWK_BIN}" "${AWK_PARAMS[@]}" '
+) 2>&1 | (
+	trap '' INT
+
+	"${AWK_BIN}" "${AWK_PARAMS[@]}" '
 # Weird that awk does not come with abs(), so I need to implement it.
 function abs(x) {
 	return ( (x < 0) ? -x : x )
@@ -478,12 +449,12 @@ function print_received_response(rtt, block_index) {
 	} else {
 		block_index = 1 + int((rtt - BLOCK_RTT_MIN) * (BLOCK_LEN - 2) / BLOCK_RTT_RANGE)
 	}
-	printf( BLOCK[block_index] )
+	printf( BLOCK[block_index] ESC_DEFAULT)
 	CURR_COL++
 }
 
 function print_missing_response(rtt) {
-	printf( ESC_RED "!" )
+	printf( ESC_RED "!" ESC_DEFAULT)
 	CURR_COL++
 }
 
@@ -889,3 +860,4 @@ BEGIN {
 	# Not needed when the output is a terminal, but does not hurt either.
 	fflush()
 }'
+)