diff --git a/source/window/win_window.cpp b/source/window/win_window.cpp
index f757018cf..35e7d9c50 100644
--- a/source/window/win_window.cpp
+++ b/source/window/win_window.cpp
@@ -171,17 +171,19 @@
 
         void Window::initNative() {
             // Attach to parent console if one exists
-            AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS);
+            if (AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS)) {
 
-            // Redirect cin, cout and cerr to that console
-            freopen("CONIN$", "w", stdin);
-            freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
-            freopen("CONERR$", "w", stderr);
-            setvbuf(stdin,  nullptr, _IONBF, 0);
-            setvbuf(stdout, nullptr, _IONBF, 0);
-            setvbuf(stderr, nullptr, _IONBF, 0);
+                // Redirect cin, cout and cerr to that console
+                freopen("CONIN$", "w", stdin);
+                freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
+                freopen("CONERR$", "w", stderr);
+                setvbuf(stdin,  nullptr, _IONBF, 0);
+                setvbuf(stdout, nullptr, _IONBF, 0);
+                setvbuf(stderr, nullptr, _IONBF, 0);
+
+                fmt::print("\n");
+            }
 
-            fmt::print("\n");
 
             // Enable color format specifiers in console
             {