diff --git a/tests/core/test_main_banner.py b/tests/core/test_main_banner.py
index 763fe15c..7a995cce 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_main_banner.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_main_banner.py
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import io
+import sys
+
 import pytest
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 
 from unshackle.core import __version__
-from unshackle.core.__main__ import main
+from unshackle.core.__main__ import main, print_banner
 from unshackle.core.config import config
+from unshackle.core.console import force_utf8_streams
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("args", [["--help"], ["env", "--help"]])
@@ -19,3 +23,13 @@ def test_help_prints_the_banner_once(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, args: list
     assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
     assert result.output.count(f"v {__version__}") == 1
     assert "Usage:" in result.output
+
+
+def test_banner_prints_to_a_legacy_code_page_stream(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    buffer = io.BytesIO()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "stdout", io.TextIOWrapper(buffer, encoding="cp1252"))
+
+    force_utf8_streams()
+    print_banner()
+
+    assert "▄".encode() in buffer.getvalue()
diff --git a/unshackle/core/console.py b/unshackle/core/console.py
index d9adadd4..14c55663 100644
--- a/unshackle/core/console.py
+++ b/unshackle/core/console.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import codecs
+import io
 import logging
 import math
 import shutil
+import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 from types import ModuleType
 from typing import IO, Any, Callable, Iterable, List, Literal, Mapping, Optional, TextIO, Union
@@ -402,6 +405,15 @@ class _GradientPulse:
         return Measurement(4, self.width or options.max_width)
 
 
+def force_utf8_streams() -> None:
+    """Make stdout and stderr write UTF-8. A redirected stream on Windows uses a legacy code page that cannot encode the console output."""
+    for stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr):
+        if isinstance(stream, io.TextIOWrapper) and codecs.lookup(stream.encoding).name != "utf-8":
+            stream.reconfigure(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
+
+
+force_utf8_streams()
+
 console = ComfyConsole(
     log_time=False,
     log_path=False,