diff --git a/examples/run.py b/examples/run.py
index 65fd96a..9d08483 100644
--- a/examples/run.py
+++ b/examples/run.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 from flask_admin import Admin
 from flask_admin.contrib.sqla import ModelView
 
+from colorama import just_fix_windows_console  # https://github.com/tartley/colorama
+
 from flask_autocrud import AutoCrud
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ class CustomAdminView(ModelView):
 
 
 def main():
+    just_fix_windows_console() # safe to call on non-windows  - potentially a Flask bug?
     app = Flask(__name__)
     app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'more_difficult_string'
     app.config['FLASK_ADMIN_SWATCH'] = 'cosmo'
diff --git a/flask_autocrud/scripts/run.py b/flask_autocrud/scripts/run.py
index 90fe3f8..5050a3a 100644
--- a/flask_autocrud/scripts/run.py
+++ b/flask_autocrud/scripts/run.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import sys
 
 import click
+from colorama import just_fix_windows_console  # https://github.com/tartley/colorama
 import yaml
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_errors_handler import ErrorHandler
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ def main(database, config, log_config, bind, verbose, wsgi_server):
     :param wsgi_server: wsgi server chose
     :return: never returns
     """
+    just_fix_windows_console() # safe to call on non-windows
     if config is not None:
         try:
             with open(config) as f: