diff --git a/chat.cpp b/chat.cpp
index 4b90c29c1cc16..22f0a4ddf4a05 100644
--- a/chat.cpp
+++ b/chat.cpp
@@ -889,8 +889,10 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         // Windows console ANSI color fix
         DWORD mode = 0;
         HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
-        if (hConsole && hConsole != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && GetConsoleMode(hConsole, &mode))
+        if (hConsole && hConsole != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && GetConsoleMode(hConsole, &mode)){
             SetConsoleMode(hConsole, mode | ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING);
+            SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
+        }
 #endif
 
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: interactive mode on.\n", __func__);