diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 455a675..2da7df0 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ int main
     ( int argc, char_t **argv ) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
     // set console to unicode
-    _setmode( _fileno( stdout ), _O_U16TEXT );
+    _setmode( _fileno( stdout ), _O_U8TEXT );
 #else
     if ( setlocale( LC_ALL, "" ) == NULL )
         error( 1, errno, "%s", _( INVALID_LOCALE ).c_str() );