diff --git a/lore-base/Cargo.toml b/lore-base/Cargo.toml
index d85d371..c533f3d 100644
--- a/lore-base/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lore-base/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["zerocopy"] }
 
-# fs
-windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = ["Win32_Storage_ProjectedFileSystem", "Win32_Storage_FileSystem", "Win32_System_Diagnostics", "Win32_System_Diagnostics_Debug", "Win32_System_IO", "Win32_Security"] }
-
 # log
 chrono = { workspace = true }
 
@@ -44,6 +41,10 @@ pin-project = { workspace = true }
 rayon = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 
+# fs
+[target.'cfg(target_family = "windows")'.dependencies]
+windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = ["Win32_Storage_ProjectedFileSystem", "Win32_Storage_FileSystem", "Win32_System_Diagnostics", "Win32_System_Diagnostics_Debug", "Win32_System_IO", "Win32_Security"] }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_json = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 
diff --git a/lore-client/Cargo.toml b/lore-client/Cargo.toml
index 3d268b9..48e13b2 100644
--- a/lore-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lore-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 toml = { workspace = true }
-windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = ["Win32_System_Console", "Win32_Networking_WinSock"] }
 
 lore = { workspace = true }
 lore-base = { workspace = true }
 lore-error-set = { workspace = true }
 lore-revision = { workspace = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(target_family = "windows")'.dependencies]
+windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = ["Win32_System_Console", "Win32_Networking_WinSock", "Win32_Globalization"] }
+
 [features]
 default = []
 oodle = ["lore/oodle"]
diff --git a/lore-client/src/cli/client_main.rs b/lore-client/src/cli/client_main.rs
index 5e2990c..c355ef8 100644
--- a/lore-client/src/cli/client_main.rs
+++ b/lore-client/src/cli/client_main.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ use crate::config::setup_config;
 use crate::logging;
 
 pub fn client_main() -> ExitCode {
+    #[cfg(target_family = "windows")]
+    // safety: safe Win32 call; no invariants to uphold
+    unsafe {
+        windows_sys::Win32::System::Console::SetConsoleOutputCP(
+            windows_sys::Win32::Globalization::CP_UTF8,
+        )
+    };
+
     let time_start = Instant::now();
 
     let cli = LoreCli::parse();
diff --git a/lore-revision/Cargo.toml b/lore-revision/Cargo.toml
index 37c6a37..031feda 100644
--- a/lore-revision/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lore-revision/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,10 +58,12 @@ lore-proto = { workspace = true }
 lore-telemetry = { workspace = true }
 lore-transport = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["zerocopy"] }
-windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = ["Win32_Storage_ProjectedFileSystem", "Win32_Storage_FileSystem", "Win32_System_Diagnostics", "Win32_System_Diagnostics_Debug", "Win32_System_IO", "Win32_Security"] }
 xxhash-rust = { workspace = true }
 zerocopy = { workspace = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(target_family = "windows")'.dependencies]
+windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = ["Win32_Storage_ProjectedFileSystem", "Win32_Storage_FileSystem", "Win32_System_Diagnostics", "Win32_System_Diagnostics_Debug", "Win32_System_IO", "Win32_Security"] }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 lore-storage = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/lore/Cargo.toml b/lore/Cargo.toml
index 98b575b..a8097d1 100644
--- a/lore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lore/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ lore-transport = { workspace = true }
 lore-error-set = { workspace = true }
 lore-macro = { workspace = true }
 lore-notification = { workspace = true }
+
+[target.'cfg(target_family = "windows")'.dependencies]
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = ["Win32_Networking_WinSock"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]