diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/core/AppLogs.java b/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/core/AppLogs.java
index f860fa6d8..2b01f8c20 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/core/AppLogs.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/core/AppLogs.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.slf4j.spi.MDCAdapter;
 import org.slf4j.spi.SLF4JServiceProvider;
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ public class AppLogs {
                 var file = usedLogsDir.resolve(AppNames.ofMain().getKebapName() + ".log");
                 var fos = new FileOutputStream(file.toFile(), true);
                 var buf = new BufferedOutputStream(fos);
-                outFileStream = new PrintStream(buf, false);
+                outFileStream = new PrintStream(buf, false, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
             } catch (Exception ex) {
                 ErrorEventFactory.fromThrowable(ex).build().handle();
             }
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ public class AppLogs {
             @Override
             public void write(int b) {
                 if (b == '\r' || b == '\n') {
-                    String line = baos.toString();
+                    String line = baos.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                     if (line.length() == 0) {
                         return;
                     }
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ public class AppLogs {
                     baos.write(b);
                 }
             }
-        }));
+        },true, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
     }
 
     private void hookUpSystemErr() {
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ public class AppLogs {
             @Override
             public void write(int b) {
                 if (b == '\r' || b == '\n') {
-                    String line = baos.toString();
+                    String line = baos.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                     if (line.length() == 0) {
                         return;
                     }
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ public class AppLogs {
                     baos.write(b);
                 }
             }
-        }));
+        },true, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
     }
 
     public void logException(String description, Throwable e) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/core/mode/AppOperationMode.java b/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/core/mode/AppOperationMode.java
index 519be2ac4..5c2f3b9d9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/core/mode/AppOperationMode.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/core/mode/AppOperationMode.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 
 import java.awt.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -129,6 +131,43 @@ public abstract class AppOperationMode {
                 });
             }
 
+            // This is very important on Windows to not get into encoding issues
+            if (OsType.ofLocal() == OsType.WINDOWS) {
+                var con = System.console();
+                // If a program does not have console attached, it can't determine the code page
+                // This happens if the program is run non-interactively, e.g.
+                // $Script="$(& 'C:\Program Files\XPipe\xpipe.exe' terminal-launch --port ? --request ?)"
+                // If the output of this command contains special characters, the stdout will print in the system default encoding
+                // However, all non-interactive usages like this are done in an environment
+                // where XPipe or another environment sets the code page to UTF8
+                // Therefore, we have to override the stdout encoding if we don't have a console
+                if (con == null) {
+                    var outField = FilterOutputStream.class.getDeclaredField("out");
+                    outField.setAccessible(true);
+
+                    // The original raw out stream is a private class
+                    // designed to unblock carrier threads
+                    // We want to keep this to retain all functionality
+                    var printStreamOut = (BufferedOutputStream) outField.get(System.out);
+                    var fdout = (FileOutputStream) outField.get(printStreamOut);
+                    var newStdout = new PrintStream(new BufferedOutputStream(fdout, 128), true, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+                    System.setProperty("stdout.encoding", "UTF-8");
+                    System.setOut(newStdout);
+
+                    // The original raw err stream is a private class
+                    // designed to unblock carrier threads
+                    // We want to keep this to retain all functionality
+                    var printStreamErr = (BufferedOutputStream) outField.get(System.err);
+                    var fderr = (FileOutputStream) outField.get(printStreamErr);
+                    var newStderr = new PrintStream(new BufferedOutputStream(fderr, 128), true, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+                    System.setProperty("stderr.encoding", "UTF-8");
+                    System.setErr(newStderr);
+
+                    // The stdin is a raw stream
+                    System.setProperty("stdin.encoding", "UTF-8");
+                }
+            }
+
             AppProperties.init(args);
 
             if (AppProperties.get().isCli()) {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index edfa5dbbe..5ff5805b9 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ def getBaseJvmArgs() {
             "--add-opens", "java.base/java.lang=$appPackage",
             "--add-opens", "java.base/java.net=$appPackage",
             "--add-opens", "java.base/java.nio.file=$appPackage",
+            "--add-opens", "java.base/java.io=$appPackage",
             "--add-opens", "jdk.zipfs/jdk.nio.zipfs=io.xpipe.modulefs",
     ]
 
diff --git a/dist/changelog/24.2.1.md b/dist/changelog/24.2.1.md
index f24b4a543..9a3516d03 100644
--- a/dist/changelog/24.2.1.md
+++ b/dist/changelog/24.2.1.md
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-- Fix debug output not showing all data messages from terminal sessions
\ No newline at end of file
+- Fix encoding issue on some Windows systems causing connections launches to fail
+- Fix debug output not showing all data messages from terminal sessions
diff --git a/version b/version
index ec0aaf9cc..8fadab056 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-24.2.1-3
+24.2.1