diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index ac92699..6b967e4 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -711,6 +711,74 @@ static void compress_file(void)
 	free(control.outfile);
 }
 
+static void show_summary(void)
+{
+	/* OK, if verbosity set, print summary of options selected */
+	if (!INFO) {
+		i64 temp_chunk, temp_window, temp_ramsize; /* to show heurisitic computed values */
+
+		if (!TEST_ONLY)
+			print_verbose("The following options are in effect for this %s.\n",
+				      DECOMPRESS ? "DECOMPRESSION" : "COMPRESSION");
+		print_verbose("Threading is %s. Number of CPUs detected: %d\n", control.threads > 1? "ENABLED" : "DISABLED",
+			      control.threads);
+		print_verbose("Detected %lld bytes ram\n", control.ramsize);
+		print_verbose("Compression level %d\n", control.compression_level);
+		print_verbose("Nice Value: %d\n", control.nice_val);
+		print_verbose("Show Progress\n");
+		print_maxverbose("Max ");
+		print_verbose("Verbose\n");
+		if (FORCE_REPLACE)
+			print_verbose("Overwrite Files\n");
+		if (!KEEP_FILES)
+			print_verbose("Remove input files on completion\n");
+		if (control.outdir)
+			print_verbose("Output Directory Specified: %s\n", control.outdir);
+		else if (control.outname)
+			print_verbose("Output Filename Specified: %s\n", control.outname);
+		if (TEST_ONLY)
+			print_verbose("Test file integrity\n");
+		if (control.tmpdir)
+			print_verbose("Temporary Directory set as: %s\n", control.tmpdir);
+
+		/* show compression options */
+		if (!DECOMPRESS && !TEST_ONLY) {
+			print_verbose("Compression mode is: ");
+			if (LZMA_COMPRESS)
+				print_verbose("LZMA. LZO Compressibility testing %s\n", (LZO_TEST? "enabled" : "disabled"));
+			else if (LZO_COMPRESS)
+				print_verbose("LZO\n");
+			else if (BZIP2_COMPRESS)
+				print_verbose("BZIP2. LZO Compressibility testing %s\n", (LZO_TEST? "enabled" : "disabled"));
+			else if (ZLIB_COMPRESS)
+				print_verbose("GZIP\n");
+			else if (ZPAQ_COMPRESS)
+				print_verbose("ZPAQ. LZO Compressibility testing %s\n", (LZO_TEST? "enabled" : "disabled"));
+			else if (NO_COMPRESS)
+				print_verbose("RZIP pre-processing only\n");
+			if (control.window) 
+				print_verbose("Compression Window: %lld = %lldMB\n", control.window, control.window * 100ull);
+			/* show heuristically computed window size */
+			if (!control.window && !UNLIMITED) {
+				temp_ramsize = control.ramsize;
+				if (BITS32)
+					temp_ramsize = MAX(temp_ramsize - 900000000ll, 900000000ll);
+				if (STDIN || STDOUT) {
+					if (STDIN && STDOUT)
+						temp_chunk = temp_ramsize * 2 / 9;
+					else
+						temp_chunk = temp_ramsize / 3;
+				} else
+					temp_chunk = temp_ramsize / 3 * 2;
+				temp_window = temp_chunk / (100 * 1024 * 1024); 
+				print_verbose("Heuristically Computed Compression Window: %lld = %lldMB\n", temp_window, temp_window * 100ull);
+			}
+			if (UNLIMITED)
+				print_verbose("Using Unlimited Window size\n");
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	struct timeval start_time, end_time;
@@ -926,65 +994,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	} else if (ZPAQ_COMPRESS)
 		control.overhead = 112 * 1024 * 1024;
 
-	/* OK, if verbosity set, print summary of options selected */
-	if (!INFO) {
-		i64 temp_chunk, temp_window, temp_ramsize; /* to show heurisitic computed values */
-
-		if (!TEST_ONLY)
-			print_verbose("The following options are in effect for this %s.\n",
-				      DECOMPRESS ? "DECOMPRESSION" : "COMPRESSION");
-		print_verbose("Threading is %s. Number of CPUs detected: %d\n", control.threads > 1? "ENABLED" : "DISABLED",
-			      control.threads);
-		print_verbose("Detected %lld bytes ram\n", control.ramsize);
-		print_verbose("Compression level %d\n", control.compression_level);
-		print_verbose("Nice Value: %d\n", control.nice_val);
-		print_verbose("Show Progress\n");
-		print_maxverbose("Max ");
-		print_verbose("Verbose\n");
-		if (FORCE_REPLACE)
-			print_verbose("Overwrite Files\n");
-		if (!KEEP_FILES)
-			print_verbose("Remove input files on completion\n");
-		if (control.outdir)
-			print_verbose("Output Directory Specified: %s\n", control.outdir);
-		else if (control.outname)
-			print_verbose("Output Filename Specified: %s\n", control.outname);
-		if (TEST_ONLY)
-			print_verbose("Test file integrity\n");
-		if (control.tmpdir)
-			print_verbose("Temporary Directory set as: %s\n", control.tmpdir);
-
-		/* show compression options */
-		if (!DECOMPRESS && !TEST_ONLY) {
-			print_verbose("Compression mode is: ");
-			if (LZMA_COMPRESS)
-				print_verbose("LZMA. LZO Compressibility testing %s\n", (LZO_TEST? "enabled" : "disabled"));
-			else if (LZO_COMPRESS)
-				print_verbose("LZO\n");
-			else if (BZIP2_COMPRESS)
-				print_verbose("BZIP2. LZO Compressibility testing %s\n", (LZO_TEST? "enabled" : "disabled"));
-			else if (ZLIB_COMPRESS)
-				print_verbose("GZIP\n");
-			else if (ZPAQ_COMPRESS)
-				print_verbose("ZPAQ. LZO Compressibility testing %s\n", (LZO_TEST? "enabled" : "disabled"));
-			else if (NO_COMPRESS)
-				print_verbose("RZIP pre-processing only\n");
-			if (control.window) 
-				print_verbose("Compression Window: %lld = %lldMB\n", control.window, control.window * 100ull);
-			/* show heuristically computed window size */
-			if (!control.window && !UNLIMITED) {
-				temp_ramsize = control.ramsize;
-				if (BITS32)
-					temp_ramsize = MAX(temp_ramsize - 900000000ll, 900000000ll);
-				temp_chunk = temp_ramsize / 3 * 2;
-				temp_window = temp_chunk / (100 * 1024 * 1024); 
-				print_verbose("Heuristically Computed Compression Window: %lld = %lldMB\n", temp_window, temp_window * 100ull);
-			}
-			if (UNLIMITED)
-				print_verbose("Using Unlimited Window size\n");
-		}
-	}
-
 	/* Decrease usable ram size on 32 bits due to kernel/userspace split */
 	if (BITS32)
 		control.ramsize = MAX(control.ramsize - 900000000ll, 900000000ll);
@@ -1039,6 +1048,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			}
 		}
 
+		show_summary();
+
 		gettimeofday(&start_time, NULL);
 
 		if (control.flags & (FLAG_DECOMPRESS | FLAG_TEST_ONLY))