diff --git a/platform/winproc.go b/platform/winproc.go
index cbee5f3..71ba07b 100644
--- a/platform/winproc.go
+++ b/platform/winproc.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ package platform
 //      return 0;
 //  }
 //
-//  DWORD createGuestProcHelper( uintptr_t hpc, LPCWSTR imagePath, uintptr_t * hProcess )
+//  DWORD createGuestProcHelper( uintptr_t hpc, LPCWSTR imagePath, uintptr_t * hProcess, DWORD * dwProcessID )
 //  {
 //      STARTUPINFOEXW_copy si;
 //      ZeroMemory( &si, sizeof(si) );
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ package platform
 //      }
 //
 //      *hProcess = (uintptr_t) pi.hProcess;
+//      *dwProcessID = pi.dwProcessId;
 //
 //      HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, si.lpAttributeList);
 //      HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, cmdLineMutable);
@@ -154,10 +155,11 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 type winProcess struct {
-	hproc uintptr
+	hproc     uintptr
+	processID uint32
 }
 
-func createPtyChildProcess(imagePath string, hcon uintptr) (Process, error) {
+func createPtyChildProcess(imagePath string, hcon uintptr) (*winProcess, error) {
 	path16 := utf16.Encode([]rune(imagePath))
 
 	cpath16 := C.calloc(C.size_t(len(path16)+1), 2)
@@ -165,8 +167,9 @@ func createPtyChildProcess(imagePath string, hcon uintptr) (Process, error) {
 	copy(pp[:], path16)
 
 	hproc := C.uintptr_t(0)
+	dwProcessID := C.DWORD(0)
 
-	hr := C.createGuestProcHelper(C.uintptr_t(hcon), (C.LPCWSTR)(cpath16), &hproc)
+	hr := C.createGuestProcHelper(C.uintptr_t(hcon), (C.LPCWSTR)(cpath16), &hproc, &dwProcessID)
 
 	C.free(cpath16)
 
@@ -175,7 +178,8 @@ func createPtyChildProcess(imagePath string, hcon uintptr) (Process, error) {
 	}
 
 	return &winProcess{
-		hproc: uintptr(hproc),
+		hproc:     uintptr(hproc),
+		processID: uint32(dwProcessID),
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/platform/winpty.go b/platform/winpty.go
index ffbed82..020975d 100644
--- a/platform/winpty.go
+++ b/platform/winpty.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package platform
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/MaxRis/w32"
 )
@@ -132,7 +133,42 @@ func (pty *winConPty) Close() error {
 }
 
 func (pty *winConPty) CreateGuestProcess(imagePath string) (Process, error) {
-	return createPtyChildProcess(imagePath, pty.hcon)
+	process, err := createPtyChildProcess(imagePath, pty.hcon)
+
+	if err == nil {
+		setupChildConsole(C.DWORD(process.processID), C.STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, C.ENABLE_PROCESSED_OUTPUT|C.ENABLE_WRAP_AT_EOL_OUTPUT)
+	}
+
+	return process, err
+}
+
+func setupChildConsole(processID C.DWORD, nStdHandle C.DWORD, mode uint) bool {
+	C.FreeConsole()
+	defer C.AttachConsole(^C.DWORD(0)) // attach to parent process console
+
+	// process may not be ready so we'll do retries
+	const maxWaitMilliSeconds = 5000
+	const waitStepMilliSeconds = 200
+	count := maxWaitMilliSeconds / waitStepMilliSeconds
+
+	for {
+		if r := C.AttachConsole(processID); r != 0 {
+			break // success
+		}
+		lastError := C.GetLastError()
+		if lastError != C.ERROR_GEN_FAILURE || count <= 0 {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * time.Duration(waitStepMilliSeconds))
+		count--
+	}
+
+	h := C.GetStdHandle(nStdHandle)
+	C.SetConsoleMode(h, C.DWORD(mode))
+	C.FreeConsole()
+
+	return true
 }
 
 func (pty *winConPty) Resize(x, y int) error {
diff --git a/terminal/sixel.go b/terminal/sixel.go
index 476046d..1faefbd 100644
--- a/terminal/sixel.go
+++ b/terminal/sixel.go
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ func sixelHandler(pty chan rune, terminal *Terminal) error {
 	for {
 		b := <-pty
 		if b == 0x1b { // terminated by ESC bell or ESC \
-			_ = <-pty // swallow \ or bell
+			t := <-pty
+			if t != 0x07 && t != 0x5c {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Incorrect terminator in sixel sequence: 0x%02X [%c]", t, t)
+			}
 			break
 		}
 		if b >= 33 {