diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 8e04fc181..e362a23e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Changes between 2.4.1 and 2.4.2
+-----------------------------------
+
+- avoid "IOError: Bad Filedescriptor" on pytest shutdown by not closing
+  the internal dupped stdout (fix is slightly hand-wavy but work).
+
 Changes between 2.4.0 and 2.4.1
 -----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/_pytest/__init__.py b/_pytest/__init__.py
index 1d5eb258a..9ff66d9a3 100644
--- a/_pytest/__init__.py
+++ b/_pytest/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #
-__version__ = '2.4.1'
+__version__ = '2.4.2.dev1'
diff --git a/_pytest/capture.py b/_pytest/capture.py
index 12291a5e3..be3194532 100644
--- a/_pytest/capture.py
+++ b/_pytest/capture.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def pytest_load_initial_conftests(early_config, parser, args, __multicall__):
         except ValueError:
             pass
     early_config.pluginmanager.add_shutdown(teardown)
-    # make sure logging does not raise exceptions if it is imported
+    # make sure logging does not raise exceptions at the end
     def silence_logging_at_shutdown():
         if "logging" in sys.modules:
             sys.modules["logging"].raiseExceptions = False
diff --git a/_pytest/terminal.py b/_pytest/terminal.py
index e55390a23..db7136ea2 100644
--- a/_pytest/terminal.py
+++ b/_pytest/terminal.py
@@ -33,20 +33,23 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
 
 def pytest_configure(config):
     config.option.verbose -= config.option.quiet
+
     # we try hard to make printing resilient against
-    # later changes on FD level. (unless capturing is turned off)
-    stdout = py.std.sys.stdout
-    capture = config.option.capture != "no"
-    if capture and hasattr(os, 'dup') and hasattr(stdout, 'fileno'):
+    # later changes on FD level. (unless capturing is off/sys)
+    stdout = sys.stdout
+    if config.option.capture == "fd" and hasattr(os, "dup"):
         try:
             newstdout = py.io.dupfile(stdout, buffering=1,
                                       encoding=stdout.encoding)
         except ValueError:
             pass
         else:
-            config._cleanup.append(lambda: newstdout.close())
             assert stdout.encoding == newstdout.encoding
             stdout = newstdout
+            #we don't close on shutdown because this can
+            #cause logging to fail on a second close
+            #(not really clear to me how it happens exactly, though)
+            #config.pluginmanager.add_shutdown(fin)
 
     reporter = TerminalReporter(config, stdout)
     config.pluginmanager.register(reporter, 'terminalreporter')
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76a9837f5..dc59be97a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def main():
         name='pytest',
         description='py.test: simple powerful testing with Python',
         long_description = long_description,
-        version='2.4.1',
+        version='2.4.2.dev1',
         url='http://pytest.org',
         license='MIT license',
         platforms=['unix', 'linux', 'osx', 'cygwin', 'win32'],