diff --git a/LOG b/LOG
index 912e3850e..129fd6eeb 100644
--- a/LOG
+++ b/LOG
@@ -260,3 +260,7 @@
   except that combining characters are not treated correctly for
   line-wrapping.  this addresses github issue #32 and part of issue #81.
     c/expeditor.c, s/expeditor.ss
+- moved s_ee_write_char function within the WIN32 check to allow the unicode
+  change to compile on windows.  unicode is not yet supported in the windows
+  version of the repl.
+    c/expeditor.c
diff --git a/boot/i3nt/petite.boot b/boot/i3nt/petite.boot
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f21cf6485..6f3d8291e
Binary files a/boot/i3nt/petite.boot and b/boot/i3nt/petite.boot differ
diff --git a/boot/i3nt/scheme.boot b/boot/i3nt/scheme.boot
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 7b1a639e7..1b10c9f1d
Binary files a/boot/i3nt/scheme.boot and b/boot/i3nt/scheme.boot differ
diff --git a/c/expeditor.c b/c/expeditor.c
index 34779cd3b..8541f26bd 100644
--- a/c/expeditor.c
+++ b/c/expeditor.c
@@ -521,6 +521,11 @@ static ptr s_ee_get_clipboard(void) {
   return x;
 }
 
+static void s_ee_write_char(INT c) {
+  if ((unsigned)c > 255) c = '?';
+  putchar(c);
+}
+
 #else /* WIN32 */
 #ifdef SOLARIS
 #define NCURSES_CONST
@@ -1012,8 +1017,6 @@ static ptr s_ee_get_clipboard(void) {
 }
 #endif
 
-#endif /* WIN32 */
-
 static void s_ee_write_char(wchar_t wch) {
   locale_t old; char buf[MB_LEN_MAX]; size_t n;
 
@@ -1027,6 +1030,8 @@ static void s_ee_write_char(wchar_t wch) {
   uselocale(old);
 }
 
+#endif /* WIN32 */
+
 static void s_ee_flush(void) {
   fflush(stdout);
 }