diff --git a/lib/kamal/cli/secrets.rb b/lib/kamal/cli/secrets.rb
index 572476f9..cab53ca8 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/cli/secrets.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/cli/secrets.rb
@@ -3,26 +3,26 @@ class Kamal::Cli::Secrets < Kamal::Cli::Base
   option :adapter, type: :string, aliases: "-a", required: true, desc: "Which vault adapter to use"
   option :account, type: :string, required: true, desc: "The account identifier or username"
   option :from, type: :string, required: false, desc: "A vault or folder to fetch the secrets from"
+  option :inline, type: :boolean, required: false, hidden: true
   def fetch(*secrets)
-    results = adapter(options[:adapter]).fetch(secrets, **options.slice(:account, :from).symbolize_keys)
-    puts JSON.dump(results).shellescape
-  rescue => e
-    handle_error(e)
+    handle_output(inline: options[:inline]) do
+      results = adapter(options[:adapter]).fetch(secrets, **options.slice(:account, :from).symbolize_keys)
+      JSON.dump(results).shellescape
+    end
   end
 
   desc "extract", "Extract a single secret from the results of a fetch call"
+  option :inline, type: :boolean, required: false, hidden: true
   def extract(name, secrets)
-    parsed_secrets = JSON.parse(secrets)
+    handle_output(inline: options[:inline]) do
+      parsed_secrets = JSON.parse(secrets)
 
-    if (value = parsed_secrets[name]).nil?
-      value = parsed_secrets.find { |k, v| k.end_with?("/#{name}") }&.last
+      value = parsed_secrets[name] || parsed_secrets.find { |k, v| k.end_with?("/#{name}") }&.last
+
+      raise "Could not find secret #{name}" if value.nil?
+
+      value
     end
-
-    raise "Could not find secret #{name}" if value.nil?
-
-    puts value
-  rescue => e
-    handle_error(e)
   end
 
   private
@@ -30,11 +30,18 @@ class Kamal::Cli::Secrets < Kamal::Cli::Base
       Kamal::Secrets::Adapters.lookup(adapter)
     end
 
+    def handle_output(inline: nil)
+      yield.tap do |output|
+        puts output unless inline
+      end
+    rescue => e
+      handle_error(e)
+    end
+
     def handle_error(e)
       $stderr.puts "  \e[31mERROR (#{e.class}): #{e.message}\e[0m"
       $stderr.puts e.backtrace if ENV["VERBOSE"]
 
-      Process.kill("INT", Process.ppid) if ENV["KAMAL_SECRETS_INT_PARENT"]
       exit 1
     end
 end
diff --git a/lib/kamal/secrets.rb b/lib/kamal/secrets.rb
index dc135331..34d30aae 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/secrets.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/secrets.rb
@@ -30,17 +30,9 @@ class Kamal::Secrets
 
     def parse_secrets
       if secrets_file
-        interrupting_parent_on_error { ::Dotenv.parse(secrets_file) }
+        ::Dotenv.parse(secrets_file)
       else
         {}
       end
     end
-
-    def interrupting_parent_on_error
-      # Make any `kamal secrets` calls in dotenv interpolation interrupt this process if there are errors
-      ENV["KAMAL_SECRETS_INT_PARENT"] = "1"
-      yield
-    ensure
-      ENV.delete("KAMAL_SECRETS_INT_PARENT")
-    end
 end
diff --git a/lib/kamal/secrets/dotenv/inline_command_substitution.rb b/lib/kamal/secrets/dotenv/inline_command_substitution.rb
index e8e12d5c..c9ef9879 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/secrets/dotenv/inline_command_substitution.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/secrets/dotenv/inline_command_substitution.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class Kamal::Secrets::Dotenv::InlineCommandSubstitution
         else
           if command =~ /\A\s*kamal\s*secrets\s+/
             # Inline the command
-            capture_stdout { Kamal::Cli::Main.start(command.shellsplit[1..]) }.chomp
+            inline_secrets_command(command)
           else
             # Execute the command and return the value
             `#{command}`.chomp
@@ -25,13 +25,8 @@ class Kamal::Secrets::Dotenv::InlineCommandSubstitution
       end
     end
 
-    def capture_stdout
-      old_stdout = $stdout
-      $stdout = StringIO.new
-      yield
-      $stdout.string
-    ensure
-      $stdout = old_stdout
+    def inline_secrets_command(command)
+      Kamal::Cli::Main.start(command.shellsplit[1..] + [ "--inline" ]).chomp
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/secrets/dotenv_inline_command_substitution_test.rb b/test/secrets/dotenv_inline_command_substitution_test.rb
index 041ada29..3ae10ca9 100644
--- a/test/secrets/dotenv_inline_command_substitution_test.rb
+++ b/test/secrets/dotenv_inline_command_substitution_test.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require "test_helper"
 
 class SecretsInlineCommandSubstitution < SecretAdapterTestCase
   test "inlines kamal secrets commands" do
-    Kamal::Cli::Main.expects(:start).with { |command| puts "results"; command == [ "secrets", "fetch", "..." ] }
+    Kamal::Cli::Main.expects(:start).with { |command| command == [ "secrets", "fetch", "...", "--inline" ] }.returns("results")
     substituted = Kamal::Secrets::Dotenv::InlineCommandSubstitution.call("FOO=$(kamal secrets fetch ...)", nil, overwrite: false)
     assert_equal "FOO=results", substituted
   end