diff --git a/libs/main/console/pikbdlistener.cpp b/libs/main/console/pikbdlistener.cpp
index 8de218d2..c20c53ef 100644
--- a/libs/main/console/pikbdlistener.cpp
+++ b/libs/main/console/pikbdlistener.cpp
@@ -323,12 +323,18 @@ void PIKbdListener::readKeyboard() {
 	for (int i = 0; i < PRIVATE->ret; ++i)
 		PICout(0) << PICoutManipulators::Hex << int(((uchar * )&rc)[i]) << ' ';
 	PICout(0) << "\n";
+	std::cout << PRIVATE->ret << " chars ";
 	for (int i = 0; i < PRIVATE->ret; ++i)
-		cout << "'" << (char)(rc[i]) << "' ";
-	cout << endl;*/
+		std::cout << "'" << (char)(rc[i]) << "' " << (int)(uchar)(rc[i]);
+	std::cout << std::endl;*/
 	if (rc[0] == 0) {piMSleep(10); return;}
 	if (PRIVATE->ret < 0 || PRIVATE->ret > 7) {piMSleep(10); return;}
-	if (PRIVATE->ret == 1) ke.key = PIChar::fromConsole(rc[0]).unicode16Code();
+	if (PRIVATE->ret == 1) {
+		if (rc[0] == 8)
+			ke.key = Backspace;
+		else
+			ke.key = PIChar::fromConsole(rc[0]).unicode16Code();
+	}
 	int mod(0);
 	// 2 - shift			1
 	// 3 - alt				2
diff --git a/libs/main/core/picout.cpp b/libs/main/core/picout.cpp
index 3fcd5e91..b6d99526 100644
--- a/libs/main/core/picout.cpp
+++ b/libs/main/core/picout.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 #include "pistack.h"
 #include "piobject.h"
 #include "pistring_std.h"
+#ifdef HAS_LOCALE
+#  include <locale>
+#  include <codecvt>
+#endif
 #ifdef WINDOWS
 #  include <windows.h>
 #  include <wingdi.h>
@@ -147,6 +151,9 @@ PRIVATE_DEFINITION_START(PICout)
 	static WORD dattr;
 	static DWORD smode;
 #endif
+#ifdef HAS_LOCALE
+	std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> utf8conv;
+#endif
 PRIVATE_DEFINITION_END(PICout)
 
 #ifdef WINDOWS
@@ -539,8 +546,13 @@ PICout & PICout::writePIString(const PIString & s) {
 	if (buffer_) {
 		buffer_->append(s);
 	} else {
+
 		if (PICout::isOutputDeviceActive(PICout::StdOut)) {
+#ifdef HAS_LOCALE
+			std::cout << PRIVATE->utf8conv.to_bytes((char16_t*)&(const_cast<PIString&>(s).front()), (char16_t*)&(const_cast<PIString&>(s).front()) + s.size());
+#else
 			for (PIChar c: s) std::wcout.put(c.toWChar());
+#endif
 		}
 		if (PICout::isOutputDeviceActive(PICout::Buffer)) PICout::__string__().append(s);
 	}
diff --git a/libs/main/core/piinit.cpp b/libs/main/core/piinit.cpp
index 37f6d1b3..1e04d086 100644
--- a/libs/main/core/piinit.cpp
+++ b/libs/main/core/piinit.cpp
@@ -152,12 +152,15 @@ PIInit::PIInit() {
 	}
 #  endif //WINDOWS
 #  ifdef HAS_LOCALE
-	//cout << "has locale" << endl;
+	//std::cout << "has locale" << std::endl;
 	if (currentLocale_t != 0) {
 		freelocale(currentLocale_t);
 		currentLocale_t = 0;
 	}
 	currentLocale_t = newlocale(LC_ALL, setlocale(LC_ALL, ""), 0);
+	//std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
+	//std::locale utf8( std::locale(), new std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t> );
+	//std::wcout.imbue(utf8);
 #  else //HAS_LOCALE
 	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 	setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
@@ -212,9 +215,6 @@ PIInit::PIInit() {
 	if (gethostname(cbuff, 1023) == 0) {
 		sinfo->hostname = cbuff;
 	}
-//	std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
-//	std::locale utf8( std::locale(), new std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t> );
-//	std::wcout.imbue(utf8);
 #ifdef WINDOWS
 	SYSTEM_INFO sysinfo;
 	GetSystemInfo(&sysinfo);
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 057e06ab..c854f400 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -4,8 +4,30 @@ static const char * smallstr = "abcdef";
 
 static const char * bigstr = "zsxdcgfhvbncjdbasljcvavcjadnwnxudvbabdhjlavudvdaljsvclavjlasdhvcjhldsavhjldasvfjlhsavdjhavdjhvfjhldasvfjlasvfhjldasvfhjasvfdjdasfhvjldasvhfjlasvfhjlahsvdfhjfvfvdjalsvfjlhasdvfdjsalvfhhjldasvfdjhaldsvfhjdvsfjhlavfjhlavfladlsvfjlasdvfdhjlavfhjldasvfhjlavfhjldvfhjlalsdvfjlhvasfhjlvchjlavchjladvchjldladvschjlladscvjlhdcahjchjllcahjllvcdjladsvhldbcljadsbcjdhlsachjlvdsa hjlcldajc hljdascbhaldb cldhashd l cajlhs chdsbfhlbfdasdffadsfjkbfkjldsabflhbcldhsbhclabchljadsbchldahsbcladsbhclhabhasbclasbdhl";
 
+PIKbdListener kbd;
+#include <iostream>
+#include <codecvt>
 
 int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
+	auto rstr = PIString::fromUTF8("ascii русский!");
+	/*for (PIChar c: rstr)
+		std::wcout << c.toWChar();
+	std::wcout << std::endl;*/
+	piCout << rstr;
+
+	/*char rs[] = "й";
+	piCout << PIString(PIChar::fromUTF8(rs));
+	std::cout << sizeof(rs) << " chars ";
+	for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(rs); ++i)
+		std::cout << "'" << (char)(rs[i]) << "' " << (int)(uchar)(rs[i]);
+	std::cout << std::endl;
+	CONNECTL(&kbd, keyPressed, ([](PIKbdListener::KeyEvent k, void*){
+		;
+		piCout << k.key << PIChar((ushort)k.key);
+	}));
+	kbd.start();
+	WAIT_FOR_EXIT;*/
+	return 0;
 	static const int cc = 1000000;
 	PITimeMeasurer tm;
 	int l = 0;