diff --git a/.changeset/fix-windows-utf8-console-codepage.md b/.changeset/fix-windows-utf8-console-codepage.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..768a8183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-windows-utf8-console-codepage.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@googleworkspace/cli": patch
+---
+
+Force UTF-8 console output on Windows by calling `SetConsoleOutputCP(65001)` at startup, preventing mojibake when the system default codepage is CP-1252
diff --git a/crates/google-workspace-cli/src/helpers/script.rs b/crates/google-workspace-cli/src/helpers/script.rs
index 11bcdebe..6acd1618 100644
--- a/crates/google-workspace-cli/src/helpers/script.rs
+++ b/crates/google-workspace-cli/src/helpers/script.rs
@@ -169,13 +169,8 @@ fn process_file(path: &Path) -> Result<Option<serde_json::Value>, GwsError> {
             filename.trim_end_matches(".js").trim_end_matches(".gs"),
         ),
         "html" => ("HTML", filename.trim_end_matches(".html")),
-        "json" => {
-            if filename == "appsscript.json" {
-                ("JSON", "appsscript")
-            } else {
-                return Ok(None);
-            }
-        }
+        "json" if filename == "appsscript.json" => ("JSON", "appsscript"),
+        "json" => return Ok(None),
         _ => return Ok(None),
     };
 
diff --git a/crates/google-workspace-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/google-workspace-cli/src/main.rs
index 41dcc1e1..bd143448 100644
--- a/crates/google-workspace-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/google-workspace-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ use error::{print_error_json, GwsError};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    // Force UTF-8 console output on Windows; no-op on other platforms.
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    output::set_console_utf8();
+
     // Load .env file if present (silently ignored if missing)
     let _ = dotenvy::dotenv();
 
diff --git a/crates/google-workspace-cli/src/output.rs b/crates/google-workspace-cli/src/output.rs
index 7c539f0d..695ab088 100644
--- a/crates/google-workspace-cli/src/output.rs
+++ b/crates/google-workspace-cli/src/output.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,27 @@ pub(crate) fn info(msg: &str) {
     eprintln!("{}", sanitize_for_terminal(msg));
 }
 
+// ── Windows console codepage ───────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// Force the Windows console output codepage to UTF-8 (CP 65001) at startup.
+/// Without this, the default system codepage (typically CP-1252) mangles
+/// non-ASCII characters printed by `println!` before Rust's stdio layer can
+/// re-encode them.
+///
+/// Failure is non-fatal — terminals that already use UTF-8 will behave
+/// correctly regardless, and the call is safe to make unconditionally on any
+/// Windows version that ships `kernel32.dll`.
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub(crate) fn set_console_utf8() {
+    extern "system" {
+        fn SetConsoleOutputCP(wCodePageID: u32) -> i32;
+    }
+    // SAFETY: SetConsoleOutputCP is a documented Win32 API with no memory-
+    // safety requirements. The return value is ignored because failure is
+    // non-fatal — the terminal simply retains its existing codepage.
+    let _ = unsafe { SetConsoleOutputCP(65001) };
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -154,3 +175,22 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(result.contains("hello"));
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(all(test, windows))]
+mod windows_tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn set_console_utf8_sets_codepage_65001() {
+        extern "system" {
+            fn GetConsoleOutputCP() -> u32;
+        }
+        set_console_utf8();
+        // GetConsoleOutputCP returns 0 when no console is attached (e.g. in
+        // redirected test output). Only assert when we actually have a console.
+        let cp = unsafe { GetConsoleOutputCP() };
+        if cp != 0 {
+            assert_eq!(cp, 65001, "expected UTF-8 codepage (65001), got {cp}");
+        }
+    }
+}