diff --git a/user/modules/pycapi/frontend/terminal_simple.py b/user/modules/pycapi/frontend/terminal_simple.py
index 2a4f809..04bcf44 100644
--- a/user/modules/pycapi/frontend/terminal_simple.py
+++ b/user/modules/pycapi/frontend/terminal_simple.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 import os
 import json
 import logging
@@ -9,8 +10,11 @@ import threading
 import queue
 import platform
 if platform.system().startswith("Windows"):
-    import win_unicode_console
-    win_unicode_console.enable()
+    try:
+        import win_unicode_console
+        win_unicode_console.enable()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("Warning: Enabling win_unicode_console failed (" +str(e)+ "), using native encoding.")
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from colorama import Fore, Back, Style, init as colorama_init, ansi as colorama_ansi
 
@@ -44,6 +48,9 @@ commands = OrderedDict([
 ])
 
 def main(config,context):
+    if not "utf" in sys.stdout.encoding.lower(): # Terminal is neither UTF-8 or UTF-16
+        global print
+        print = renPrint
     logging.info("Testing connection to API at " + config["api"])
     logging.debug(json.dumps(context.api_status(), indent = 2))
 
@@ -187,6 +194,15 @@ def ws_onmessage(ws, message):
     ws.ignored[result["type"]] += 1
 
 
+# print() wrap for terminals incapable of UTF-8/UTF-16
+originalPrint = print
+def renPrint(*args,**kwargs):
+    args = list(args)
+    for index,arg in enumerate(args):
+        args[index] = arg.encode(sys.stdout.encoding,errors="replace").decode(sys.stdout.encoding)
+    originalPrint(*args,**kwargs)
+
+
 # Produce the string output for a given message. Can be printed directly to console
 def get_message_string(ws, message, user):
     result = (MSGPREFIX + Fore.CYAN + Style.BRIGHT + user["username"] + " " + Style.DIM + "#%d" % user["id"] +