diff --git a/shell/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/shell/Shell.java b/shell/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/shell/Shell.java
index 31cd5d4..fdc2f50 100644
--- a/shell/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/shell/Shell.java
+++ b/shell/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/shell/Shell.java
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ public class Shell extends ShellOptions implements KeywordExecutable {
   private long lastUserActivity = System.nanoTime();
   private boolean logErrorsToConsole = false;
   private boolean masking = false;
+  private PrintWriter writer = null;
 
   {
     // set the JLine output encoding to some reasonable default if it isn't already set
@@ -252,6 +253,8 @@ public class Shell extends ShellOptions implements KeywordExecutable {
   public Shell(ConsoleReader reader) {
     super();
     this.reader = reader;
+    this.writer = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(System.out, Charset.forName(System.getProperty("jline.WindowsTerminal.output.encoding",
+System.getProperty("file.encoding")))));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -264,6 +267,8 @@ public class Shell extends ShellOptions implements KeywordExecutable {
   public boolean config(String... args) throws IOException {
     if (this.reader == null)
       this.reader = new ConsoleReader();
+    if (this.writer == null)
+      this.writer = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(System.out, Charset.forName(System.getProperty("jline.WindowsTerminal.output.encoding", System.getProperty("file.encoding")))));
     ShellOptionsJC options = new ShellOptionsJC();
     JCommander jc = new JCommander();
 
@@ -726,10 +731,11 @@ public class Shell extends ShellOptions implements KeywordExecutable {
   }
 
   public void printInfo() throws IOException {
-    reader.print("\n" + SHELL_DESCRIPTION + "\n" + "- \n" + "- version: " + Constants.VERSION + "\n"
+    writer.print("\n" + SHELL_DESCRIPTION + "\n" + "- \n" + "- version: " + Constants.VERSION + "\n"
         + "- instance name: " + connector.getInstance().getInstanceName() + "\n" + "- instance id: "
         + connector.getInstance().getInstanceID() + "\n" + "- \n"
         + "- type 'help' for a list of available commands\n" + "- \n");
+    writer.flush();
     reader.flush();
   }
 
@@ -761,7 +767,9 @@ public class Shell extends ShellOptions implements KeywordExecutable {
       }
     }
     sb.append("-\n");
-    reader.print(sb.toString());
+    writer.print(sb.toString());
+    writer.flush();
+    reader.flush();
   }
 
   public String getDefaultPrompt() {