diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 11d020df..69d22753 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,22 +1,55 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include "pocketpy.h"
 
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+
+#include <Windows.h>
+
+std::string getline(bool* eof=nullptr) {
+    HANDLE hStdin = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
+    std::wstringstream wss;
+    WCHAR buf;
+    DWORD read;
+    while (ReadConsoleW(hStdin, &buf, 1, &read, NULL) && buf != L'\n') {
+        if(eof && buf == L'\x1A') *eof = true;  // Ctrl+Z
+        wss << buf;
+    }
+    std::wstring wideInput = wss.str();
+    int length = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, wideInput.c_str(), (int)wideInput.length(), NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+    std::string output;
+    output.resize(length);
+    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, wideInput.c_str(), (int)wideInput.length(), &output[0], length, NULL, NULL);
+    return output;
+}
+
+#else
+
+std::string getline(bool* eof=nullptr){
+    std::string line;
+    if(!std::getline(std::cin, line)){
+        if(eof) *eof = true;
+    }
+    return line;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 #ifndef __EMSCRIPTEN__
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv){
     pkpy::VM* vm = pkpy_new_vm(true);
     vm->bind_builtin_func<0>("input", [](pkpy::VM* vm, pkpy::Args& args){
-        static std::string line;
-        std::getline(std::cin, line);
-        return VAR(line);
+        return VAR(getline());
     });
     if(argc == 1){
         pkpy::REPL* repl = pkpy_new_repl(vm);
         bool need_more_lines = false;
         while(true){
             (*vm->_stdout) << (need_more_lines ? "... " : ">>> ");
-            std::string line;
-            if (!std::getline(std::cin, line)) break;
+            bool eof = false;
+            std::string line = getline(&eof);
+            if(eof) break;
             need_more_lines = pkpy_repl_input(repl, line.c_str());
         }
         pkpy_delete(vm);