diff --git a/powerline_shell/__init__.py b/powerline_shell/__init__.py
index ae62704..b0a4d2e 100644
--- a/powerline_shell/__init__.py
+++ b/powerline_shell/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import importlib
 import json
 from .utils import warn, py3, import_file
 import re
+import io
+import platform
 
 
 def _current_dir():
@@ -238,5 +240,9 @@ def main():
         segments.append(segment)
     for segment in segments:
         segment.add_to_powerline()
+
+    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
+        sys.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdout.buffer, 'utf-8' , line_buffering = True)
+
     sys.stdout.write(powerline.draw())
     return 0
diff --git a/powerline_shell/segments/jobs.py b/powerline_shell/segments/jobs.py
index e5d0551..72ced52 100644
--- a/powerline_shell/segments/jobs.py
+++ b/powerline_shell/segments/jobs.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Segment(ThreadedSegment):
             output = map(lambda l: int(l.split()[2].strip()),
                 output_proc.communicate()[0].decode("utf-8").splitlines()[1:])
             self.num_jobs = output.count(os.getppid()) - 1
-        else:
+        elif platform.system() != 'Windows':
             pppid_proc = subprocess.Popen(['ps', '-p', str(os.getppid()), '-oppid='],
                                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
             pppid = pppid_proc.communicate()[0].decode("utf-8").strip()