diff --git a/lib/invoker.js b/lib/invoker.js
index b3e2e03..b185fe7 100644
--- a/lib/invoker.js
+++ b/lib/invoker.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Invoker {
     this.options = options
   }
 
-  invoke () {
+  async invoke () {
     const processArgs = this.options.argv.slice(2)
     const { args } = this.options
     const { verbose, version, files } = args
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ class Invoker {
     }
     Invoker.prepareProcessor(args, asciidoctor)
     const options = this.options.options
+    const failureLevel = options['failure_level']
     if (this.options.stdin) {
-      Invoker.convertFromStdin(options, args)
+      await Invoker.convertFromStdin(options, args)
+      Invoker.exit(failureLevel)
     } else if (files && files.length > 0) {
       Invoker.processFiles(files, verbose, args['timings'], options)
+      Invoker.exit(failureLevel)
     } else {
       this.showHelp()
       process.exit(0)
@@ -57,17 +60,20 @@ CLI version ${pkg.version}`
     console.log(new Invoker().version())
   }
 
-  static convertFromStdin (options, args) {
-    stdin.read((data) => {
-      if (args['timings']) {
-        const timings = asciidoctor.Timings.create()
-        const instanceOptions = Object.assign({}, options, { timings })
-        Invoker.convert(asciidoctor.convert, data, instanceOptions)
-        timings.printReport(process.stderr, '-')
-      } else {
-        Invoker.convert(asciidoctor.convert, data, options)
-      }
-    })
+  static async readFromStdin () {
+    return stdin.read()
+  }
+
+  static async convertFromStdin (options, args) {
+    const data = await Invoker.readFromStdin()
+    if (args['timings']) {
+      const timings = asciidoctor.Timings.create()
+      const instanceOptions = Object.assign({}, options, { timings })
+      Invoker.convert(asciidoctor.convert, data, instanceOptions)
+      timings.printReport(process.stderr, '-')
+    } else {
+      Invoker.convert(asciidoctor.convert, data, options)
+    }
   }
 
   static convert (processorFn, input, options) {
@@ -101,12 +107,6 @@ CLI version ${pkg.version}`
         Invoker.convertFile(file, options)
       }
     })
-    let code = 0
-    const logger = asciidoctor.LoggerManager.getLogger()
-    if (logger && typeof logger.getMaxSeverity === 'function' && logger.getMaxSeverity() && logger.getMaxSeverity() >= options['failure_level']) {
-      code = 1
-    }
-    process.exit(code)
   }
 
   static requireLibrary (requirePath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@ CLI version ${pkg.version}`
       })
     }
   }
+
+  static exit (failureLevel) {
+    let code = 0
+    const logger = asciidoctor.LoggerManager.getLogger()
+    if (logger && typeof logger.getMaxSeverity === 'function' && logger.getMaxSeverity() && logger.getMaxSeverity() >= failureLevel) {
+      code = 1
+    }
+    process.exit(code)
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = Invoker
diff --git a/lib/stdin.js b/lib/stdin.js
index cb3a52c..57f8467 100644
--- a/lib/stdin.js
+++ b/lib/stdin.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const readFromStdin = (callback) => {
+const readFromStdin = async () => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
   const encoding = 'utf-8'
   let data
   data = ''
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ const readFromStdin = (callback) => {
       data += chunk
     }
   })
+  process.stdin.on('error', (error) => {
+    reject(error)
+  })
   process.stdin.on('end', function () {
     // There will be a trailing \n from the user hitting enter. Get rid of it.
     data = data.replace(/\n$/, '')
-    callback(data)
+    resolve(data)
   })
-}
+})
 
 module.exports = {
   read: readFromStdin
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 3f33815..d6b4275 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -114,11 +114,12 @@ describe('Options converter', () => {
 })
 
 describe('Read from stdin', () => {
-  it('should read from stdin', () => {
-    sinon.stub(stdin, 'read').yields('An *AsciiDoc* input')
+  it('should read from stdin', async () => {
+    sinon.stub(stdin, 'read').resolves('An *AsciiDoc* input')
     sinon.stub(processor, 'convert')
+    sinon.stub(process, 'exit')
     try {
-      new Invoker(defaultOptions.parse(['/path/to/node', '/path/to/asciidoctor', '-'])).invoke()
+      await new Invoker(defaultOptions.parse(['/path/to/node', '/path/to/asciidoctor', '-'])).invoke()
       expect(stdin.read.called).to.be.true()
       expect(processor.convert.called).to.be.true()
       const firstArgument = processor.convert.getCall(0).args[0]
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ describe('Read from stdin', () => {
     } finally {
       stdin.read.restore()
       processor.convert.restore()
+      process.exit.restore()
     }
   })
 })
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@ describe('Version', () => {
           return `Asciidoctor reveal.js 3.0.1 using ${super.version()}`
         }
       }
+
       new CustomInvoker(defaultOptions.parse(['/path/to/node', '/path/to/asciidoctor', '-v'])).invoke()
       expect(process.exit.called).to.be.true()
       expect(process.exit.calledWith(0)).to.be.true()
@@ -224,7 +227,8 @@ describe('Process files', () => {
   it('should exit with code 1 when failure level is lower than the maximum logging level', () => {
     sinon.stub(process, 'exit')
     try {
-      Invoker.processFiles([bookFilePath], false, false, { failure_level: 3 }) // ERROR: 3
+      Invoker.processFiles([bookFilePath], false, false)
+      Invoker.exit(3) // ERROR: 3
       expect(process.exit.called).to.be.true()
       expect(process.exit.calledWith(1)).to.be.true()
     } finally {
@@ -235,7 +239,8 @@ describe('Process files', () => {
   it('should exit with code 0 when failure level is lower than the maximum logging level', () => {
     sinon.stub(process, 'exit')
     try {
-      Invoker.processFiles([bookFilePath], false, false, { failure_level: 4 }) // FATAL: 4
+      Invoker.processFiles([bookFilePath], false, false)
+      Invoker.exit(4) // FATAL: 4
       expect(process.exit.called).to.be.true()
       expect(process.exit.calledWith(0)).to.be.true()
     } finally {