diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 98d380bc..e15215eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## Unreleased
-## Changed
-- `Terminal.rawPrint` now takes a `CharSequence` instead of a `String`
+### Changed
+- `Terminal.rawPrint` now takes a `CharSequence` instead of a `String` [(#255)](https://github.com/ajalt/mordant/issues/255)
+
+### Fixed
+- Fixed `Terminal.read*OrNull` throwing an exception on timeout on Windows. [(#256)](https://github.com/ajalt/mordant/issues/256)
 
 ## 3.0.1
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/mordant-jvm-ffm/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/terminalinterface/ffm/TerminalInterface.ffm.windows.kt b/mordant-jvm-ffm/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/terminalinterface/ffm/TerminalInterface.ffm.windows.kt
index e49cd0cf..c2cf67fd 100644
--- a/mordant-jvm-ffm/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/terminalinterface/ffm/TerminalInterface.ffm.windows.kt
+++ b/mordant-jvm-ffm/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/terminalinterface/ffm/TerminalInterface.ffm.windows.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.github.ajalt.mordant.terminal.terminalinterface.ffm
 
 import com.github.ajalt.mordant.rendering.Size
+import com.github.ajalt.mordant.terminal.TimeoutException
 import com.github.ajalt.mordant.terminal.terminalinterface.TerminalInterfaceWindows
 import java.lang.foreign.*
 
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ internal class TerminalInterfaceFfmWindows : TerminalInterfaceWindows() {
         val stdin = stdinHandle
         val waitResult = kernel.WaitForSingleObject(stdin, dwMilliseconds)
         if (waitResult != 0) {
-            throw RuntimeException("Timeout reading from console input")
+            throw TimeoutException()
         }
         val inputEvents = arena.allocate(WinKernel32Library.INPUT_RECORD.Layout.layout, 1)
         val eventsReadSeg = arena.allocateInt()
diff --git a/mordant/api/mordant.api b/mordant/api/mordant.api
index db31c4c0..a6d5b9a4 100644
--- a/mordant/api/mordant.api
+++ b/mordant/api/mordant.api
@@ -1260,6 +1260,10 @@ public final class com/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/TerminalRecorder : com/gith
 	public final fun stdout ()Ljava/lang/String;
 }
 
+public final class com/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/TimeoutException : java/lang/RuntimeException {
+	public fun <init> ()V
+}
+
 public final class com/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/YesNoPrompt : com/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/Prompt {
 	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Lcom/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/Terminal;Ljava/lang/Boolean;ZZLjava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public synthetic fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Lcom/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/Terminal;Ljava/lang/Boolean;ZZLjava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ILkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
diff --git a/mordant/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/input/RawMode.kt b/mordant/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/input/RawMode.kt
index fb378089..df43b53e 100644
--- a/mordant/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/input/RawMode.kt
+++ b/mordant/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/input/RawMode.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.github.ajalt.mordant.input
 
 import com.github.ajalt.mordant.terminal.Terminal
+import com.github.ajalt.mordant.terminal.TimeoutException
 import kotlin.time.Duration
 import kotlin.time.TimeSource
 
@@ -102,11 +103,13 @@ class RawModeScope internal constructor(
         timeout: Duration, skip: (InputEvent) -> Boolean,
     ): InputEvent? {
         val t = TimeSource.Monotonic.markNow() + timeout
-        do {
-            val event = terminal.terminalInterface.readInputEvent(t, mouseTracking) ?: continue
-            if (event is MouseEvent && mouseTracking == MouseTracking.Off || skip(event)) continue
-            return event
-        } while (t.hasNotPassedNow())
+        try {
+            do {
+                val event = terminal.terminalInterface.readInputEvent(t, mouseTracking) ?: continue
+                if (event is MouseEvent && mouseTracking == MouseTracking.Off || skip(event)) continue
+                return event
+            } while (t.hasNotPassedNow())
+        } catch (_: TimeoutException) {}
         return null
     }
 
diff --git a/mordant/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/TerminalInterface.kt b/mordant/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/TerminalInterface.kt
index cab2c16a..3c1337ac 100644
--- a/mordant/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/TerminalInterface.kt
+++ b/mordant/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/terminal/TerminalInterface.kt
@@ -88,3 +88,5 @@ data class PrintRequest(
      */
     val stderr: Boolean,
 )
+
+class TimeoutException : RuntimeException("Timeout waiting for input")