diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 01d2872..4e6a59b 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Desirable things
 These changes may or may not be implemented in the future.
 * bug: proper fix for https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/issues/9127 (currently worked-around via fork; fix may be in beta12, or it might not work)
 * bug: open menu command sometimes opens multiple dialogues
-* bug: no CLI output on windows
 * edge case: mutations can fail due to ambiguity due to other writers; this should update the UI. maybe use a special From on resolve_change
 * perf: optimise revdetail loads - we already have the header
 * perf: better solution to slow immutability check - jj-lib will have a revset contains cache soon
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 23d36ae..c34ece3 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -2013,6 +2013,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "ts-rs",
+ "windows 0.54.0",
  "zip",
 ]
 
@@ -2933,7 +2934,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "iana-time-zone-haiku",
  "js-sys",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6698,7 +6699,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "webview2-com-macros",
  "webview2-com-sys",
  "windows 0.52.0",
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.52.0",
  "windows-implement",
  "windows-interface",
 ]
@@ -6722,7 +6723,7 @@ checksum = "d6ad85fceee6c42fa3d61239eba5a11401bf38407a849ed5ea1b407df08cca72"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "windows 0.52.0",
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6795,12 +6796,22 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e48a53791691ab099e5e2ad123536d0fff50652600abaf43bbf952894110d0be"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.52.0",
  "windows-implement",
  "windows-interface",
  "windows-targets 0.52.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.54.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9252e5725dbed82865af151df558e754e4a3c2c30818359eb17465f1346a1b49"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-core 0.54.0",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.52.0"
@@ -6810,6 +6821,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.54.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "12661b9c89351d684a50a8a643ce5f608e20243b9fb84687800163429f161d65"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-result",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-implement"
 version = "0.52.0"
@@ -6832,6 +6853,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.52",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-result"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd19df78e5168dfb0aedc343d1d1b8d422ab2db6756d2dc3fef75035402a3f64"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.45.0"
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 2bad7c8..df70b9b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,3 +47,6 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.3", features = ["derive"] }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 muda = { git = "https://github.com/gulbanana/muda.git", branch = "tauri-9127" }
+
+[target."cfg(windows)".dependencies]
+windows = { version = "0.54.0", features = ["Win32_System_Console", "Win32_Foundation"] }
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index c71417b..03e1ae6 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ impl AppState {
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // before parsing args, attach a console on windows - will fail if not started from a shell, but that's fine
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    {
+        use windows::Win32::System::Console::{AttachConsole, ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS};
+        let _ = unsafe { AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS) };
+    }
+
     let args = Args::parse();
 
     tauri::Builder::default()
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/worker/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/worker/mod.rs
index 28a2360..5c358c4 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/worker/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/worker/mod.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ mod tests;
 use std::{
     env::{self, VarError},
     fmt::Debug,
+    fs,
     path::PathBuf,
 };
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ impl WorkerSession {
     pub fn get_cwd(&self) -> Result<PathBuf> {
         self.working_directory
             .as_ref()
-            .map(|cwd| Ok(cwd.clone()))
+            .map(|cwd| Ok(fs::canonicalize(cwd.clone())?))
             .or_else(|| match env::var("OWD") {
                 Ok(var) => Some(Ok(PathBuf::from(var))),
                 Err(VarError::NotPresent) => None,