diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 5ce4c8fb..cb857fe1 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ categories = ["web-programming::http-server"]
 tls = ["rustls", "hyper-sync-rustls"]
 
 [dependencies]
-yansi = { version = "0.3", features = ["nightly"] }
+yansi = { version = "0.3.1", features = ["nightly"] }
 log = "0.3"
 url = "1"
 toml = "0.4.2"
diff --git a/lib/src/logger.rs b/lib/src/logger.rs
index 5e61bc39..6c9b61ad 100644
--- a/lib/src/logger.rs
+++ b/lib/src/logger.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ impl Log for RocketLogger {
 pub fn try_init(level: LoggingLevel, verbose: bool) {
     if !::isatty::stdout_isatty() {
         Paint::disable();
+    } else if cfg!(windows) {
+        Paint::enable_windows_ascii();
     }
 
     let result = log::set_logger(|max_log_level| {