diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 161668a..5bf98f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.16.2
+
+- Fix for Node.js; use `readline` instead of prompt.
+-
+
 ## 0.16.1
 
 - Fix for Node.js not treating subarrays of buffers as expected
diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index 2ebe3b5..53ba6e7 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cross/kv",
-  "version": "0.16.1",
+  "version": "0.16.2",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./mod.ts",
     "./cli": "./src/cli/mod.ts"
diff --git a/src/cli/common.ts b/src/cli/common.ts
index 2ec8c8c..d655504 100644
--- a/src/cli/common.ts
+++ b/src/cli/common.ts
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ export function hasParameter(p: string[], n: number): boolean {
     return true;
   }
 }
-export function userInput(t: string): string {
-  return prompt(t) || "";
-}
 export function toHexString(bytes: number): string {
   // Ensure the input is a valid number
   if (typeof bytes !== "number" || isNaN(bytes)) {
diff --git a/src/cli/loop.ts b/src/cli/loop.ts
index 13086aa..2cd5c7d 100644
--- a/src/cli/loop.ts
+++ b/src/cli/loop.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { Colors } from "@cross/utils";
+import { CurrentRuntime, Runtime } from "@cross/runtime";
+import { createInterface } from "node:readline";
 
 import type { KVCliHandler, KVDBContainer } from "./common.ts";
 
@@ -16,7 +18,23 @@ export async function main() {
   let exit = false;
   while (!exit) {
     // Collect user input
-    const command = await prompt(Colors.blue(">"));
+    let command;
+    if (CurrentRuntime === Runtime.Node) {
+      const rl = createInterface({
+        // @ts-ignore Cross-runtime
+        input: process.stdin,
+        // @ts-ignore Cross-runtime
+        output: process.stdout,
+      });
+      command = await new Promise((resolve) => {
+        rl.question(Colors.blue("> "), (cmd: unknown) => {
+          rl.close();
+          resolve(cmd);
+        });
+      });
+    } else {
+      command = await prompt(Colors.blue(">"));
+    }
     if (command === null) {
       continue;
     }