diff --git a/libs/console/piscreen.cpp b/libs/console/piscreen.cpp
index 448f87b2..6ee52ebe 100644
--- a/libs/console/piscreen.cpp
+++ b/libs/console/piscreen.cpp
@@ -219,14 +219,15 @@ void PIScreen::SystemConsole::print() {
 			} else {
 				if (!s.isEmpty()) {
 					moveTo(si, sj);
-					printf("%s", s.data());
+					PICout::stdoutPIString(s);
 					s.clear();
 				}
 			}
 		}
 		if (!s.isEmpty()) {
 			moveTo(si, sj);
-			printf("%s", s.data());
+			PICout::stdoutPIString(s);
+			//printf("%s", s.data());
 			s.clear();
 		}
 	}
@@ -295,32 +296,32 @@ void PIScreen::SystemConsole::newLine() {
 }
 #else // WINDOWS
 PIString PIScreen::SystemConsole::formatString(const PIScreenTypes::Cell & c) {
-	PIString ts("\e[0");
+	PIString ts = PIStringAscii("\e[0");
 	switch (c.format.color_char) {
-	case Black:   ts += ";30"; break;
-	case Red:     ts += ";31"; break;
-	case Green:   ts += ";32"; break;
-	case Blue:    ts += ";34"; break;
-	case Cyan:    ts += ";36"; break;
-	case Magenta: ts += ";35"; break;
-	case Yellow:  ts += ";33"; break;
-	case White:   ts += ";37"; break;
+	case Black:   ts += PIStringAscii(";30"); break;
+	case Red:     ts += PIStringAscii(";31"); break;
+	case Green:   ts += PIStringAscii(";32"); break;
+	case Blue:    ts += PIStringAscii(";34"); break;
+	case Cyan:    ts += PIStringAscii(";36"); break;
+	case Magenta: ts += PIStringAscii(";35"); break;
+	case Yellow:  ts += PIStringAscii(";33"); break;
+	case White:   ts += PIStringAscii(";37"); break;
 	}
 	switch (c.format.color_back) {
-	case Black:   ts += ";40"; break;
-	case Red:     ts += ";41"; break;
-	case Green:   ts += ";42"; break;
-	case Blue:    ts += ";44"; break;
-	case Cyan:    ts += ";46"; break;
-	case Magenta: ts += ";45"; break;
-	case Yellow:  ts += ";43"; break;
-	case White:   ts += ";47"; break;
+	case Black:   ts += PIStringAscii(";40"); break;
+	case Red:     ts += PIStringAscii(";41"); break;
+	case Green:   ts += PIStringAscii(";42"); break;
+	case Blue:    ts += PIStringAscii(";44"); break;
+	case Cyan:    ts += PIStringAscii(";46"); break;
+	case Magenta: ts += PIStringAscii(";45"); break;
+	case Yellow:  ts += PIStringAscii(";43"); break;
+	case White:   ts += PIStringAscii(";47"); break;
 	}
-	if ((c.format.flags & Bold) == Bold) ts += ";1";
-	if ((c.format.flags & Underline) == Underline) ts += ";4";
-	if ((c.format.flags & Blink) == Blink) ts += ";5";
-	if ((c.format.flags & Inverse) == Inverse) ts += ";7";
-	return ts + "m";
+	if ((c.format.flags & Bold     ) == Bold     ) ts += PIStringAscii(";1");
+	if ((c.format.flags & Underline) == Underline) ts += PIStringAscii(";4");
+	if ((c.format.flags & Blink    ) == Blink    ) ts += PIStringAscii(";5");
+	if ((c.format.flags & Inverse  ) == Inverse  ) ts += PIStringAscii(";7");
+	return ts + 'm';
 }
 #endif // WINDOWS
 
diff --git a/libs/main/core/pichar.cpp b/libs/main/core/pichar.cpp
index 38f826f8..9b0a7128 100644
--- a/libs/main/core/pichar.cpp
+++ b/libs/main/core/pichar.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ ushort charFromCodepage(const char * c, int size, const char * codepage, int * t
 	wchar_t wc;
 	ret = mbrtowc(&wc, c, size, &state);
 	//printf("mbtowc = %d\n", ret);
+	//piCout << errorString();
 	if (ret < 1) return 0;
 	return ushort(wc);
 #  endif
diff --git a/libs/main/core/picout.cpp b/libs/main/core/picout.cpp
index b6d99526..bc40bad9 100644
--- a/libs/main/core/picout.cpp
+++ b/libs/main/core/picout.cpp
@@ -151,9 +151,6 @@ 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
@@ -546,20 +543,24 @@ 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::StdOut))
+			stdoutPIString(s);
 		if (PICout::isOutputDeviceActive(PICout::Buffer)) PICout::__string__().append(s);
 	}
 	return *this;
 }
 
 
+void PICout::stdoutPIString(const PIString & s) {
+#ifdef HAS_LOCALE
+	std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> utf8conv;
+	std::cout << 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
+}
+
+
 void PICout::init() {
 #ifdef WINDOWS
 	if (__Private__::hOut == 0) {
diff --git a/libs/main/core/picout.h b/libs/main/core/picout.h
index 68a584a4..94c8c13b 100644
--- a/libs/main/core/picout.h
+++ b/libs/main/core/picout.h
@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ public:
 	//! \~russian Пишет сырой \a PIString
 	PICout & writePIString(const PIString & s);
 
+	//! \~english Output \a PIString to stdout
+	//! \~russian Вывод \a PIString в stdout
+	static void stdoutPIString(const PIString & s);
+
 	//! \~english Set output device to \a PICout::Buffer and if "clear" clear it
 	//! \~russian Устанавливает устройство вывода на \a PICout::Buffer и если "clear" то очищает его
 	static bool setBufferActive(bool on, bool clear = false);
diff --git a/libs/main/core/piinit.cpp b/libs/main/core/piinit.cpp
index 1e04d086..c8354cfb 100644
--- a/libs/main/core/piinit.cpp
+++ b/libs/main/core/piinit.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ PIInit::PIInit() {
 		freelocale(currentLocale_t);
 		currentLocale_t = 0;
 	}
-	currentLocale_t = newlocale(LC_ALL, setlocale(LC_ALL, ""), 0);
+	currentLocale_t = newlocale(LC_ALL, setlocale(LC_ALL, "C"), 0);
+	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "en_US.UTF-8");
 	//std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
 	//std::locale utf8( std::locale(), new std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t> );
 	//std::wcout.imbue(utf8);
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index c854f400..d04be35c 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
 	/*for (PIChar c: rstr)
 		std::wcout << c.toWChar();
 	std::wcout << std::endl;*/
+	piCout << PIChar::fromUTF8("│");
+	piCout << PICoutManipulators::Hex << (int)PIChar::fromUTF8("│").toWChar();
 	piCout << rstr;
 
 	/*char rs[] = "й";