diff --git a/src/util/platform.cpp b/src/util/platform.cpp
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+++ b/src/util/platform.cpp
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+#include "platform.h"
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <Windows.h>
+
+void platform::configure_encoding() {
+	// set utf-8 encoding to console output
+	SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
+    setvbuf(stdout, nullptr, _IOFBF, 1000);
+}
+#else
+void platform::configure_encoding(){
+}
+#endif
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diff --git a/src/util/platform.h b/src/util/platform.h
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+++ b/src/util/platform.h
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+#ifndef UTIL_PLATFORM_H_
+#define UTIL_PLATFORM_H_
+
+namespace platform {
+    extern void configure_encoding();
+}
+
+#endif // UTIL_PLATFORM_H_
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