diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/ChromePHPHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/ChromePHPHandler.php
index 9395c2fc..4cd76bf8 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/ChromePHPHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/ChromePHPHandler.php
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ use Monolog\Logger;
  */
 class ChromePHPHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
 {
+
+    use WebRequestRecognizerTrait;
+
     /**
      * Version of the extension
      */
@@ -75,6 +78,10 @@ class ChromePHPHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
      */
     public function handleBatch(array $records)
     {
+        if (!$this->isWebRequest()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         $messages = [];
 
         foreach ($records as $record) {
@@ -108,6 +115,10 @@ class ChromePHPHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
      */
     protected function write(array $record)
     {
+        if (!$this->isWebRequest()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         self::$json['rows'][] = $record['formatted'];
 
         $this->send();
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/FirePHPHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/FirePHPHandler.php
index 49f6837d..d92e2db5 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/FirePHPHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/FirePHPHandler.php
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ use Monolog\Formatter\FormatterInterface;
  */
 class FirePHPHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
 {
+
+    use WebRequestRecognizerTrait;
+
     /**
      * WildFire JSON header message format
      */
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ class FirePHPHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
      */
     protected function write(array $record)
     {
-        if (!self::$sendHeaders) {
+        if (!self::$sendHeaders || !$this->isWebRequest()) {
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/WebRequestRecognizerTrait.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/WebRequestRecognizerTrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb137561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/WebRequestRecognizerTrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Monolog\Handler;
+
+trait WebRequestRecognizerTrait
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if PHP's serving a web request
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function isWebRequest(): bool
+    {
+        return 'cli' !== \PHP_SAPI && 'phpdbg' !== \PHP_SAPI;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Handler/ChromePHPHandlerTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Handler/ChromePHPHandlerTest.php
index e9a1f982..7168ce49 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/Handler/ChromePHPHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Handler/ChromePHPHandlerTest.php
@@ -153,4 +153,9 @@ class TestChromePHPHandler extends ChromePHPHandler
     {
         return $this->headers;
     }
+
+    protected function isWebRequest(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Handler/FirePHPHandlerTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Handler/FirePHPHandlerTest.php
index b62e7fd0..07df2fe8 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/Handler/FirePHPHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Handler/FirePHPHandlerTest.php
@@ -93,4 +93,9 @@ class TestFirePHPHandler extends FirePHPHandler
     {
         return $this->headers;
     }
+
+    protected function isWebRequest(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
 }