diff --git a/artifacts/ddraw.ini b/artifacts/ddraw.ini
index 79853012..5a6c7624 100644
--- a/artifacts/ddraw.ini
+++ b/artifacts/ddraw.ini
@@ -900,3 +900,6 @@ ConsoleWindow=0
 
 ;Console window position and size data. Do not modify
 ConsoleWindowData=
+
+;Set the code page for the console window (Default is your system code page)
+ConsoleCodePage=0
diff --git a/sfall/Logging.cpp b/sfall/Logging.cpp
index b69aa2af..d1a9e445 100644
--- a/sfall/Logging.cpp
+++ b/sfall/Logging.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ void ConsoleWindow::init() {
 		dlog_f("Failed to allocate console: 0x%x\n", DL_MAIN, GetLastError());
 		return;
 	}
+	int cp = IniReader::GetIntDefaultConfig("Debugging", "ConsoleCodePage", 0);
+	if (cp > 0) SetConsoleOutputCP(cp);
+
 	freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout); // this allows to print to console via std::cout
 
 	if (_mode & ConsoleSource::GAME) {
diff --git a/sfall/Modules/LoadGameHook.cpp b/sfall/Modules/LoadGameHook.cpp
index 9b8e4c87..d5800725 100644
--- a/sfall/Modules/LoadGameHook.cpp
+++ b/sfall/Modules/LoadGameHook.cpp
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ static void __stdcall NewGame_Before() {
 }
 
 static void __stdcall NewGame_After() {
-	dlogr("New Game started.", DL_MAIN);
 	// OnAfterNewGame
 	if (HeroAppearance::appModEnabled) {
 		SetNewCharAppearanceGlobals();
@@ -383,6 +382,7 @@ static void __stdcall NewGame_After() {
 	}
 	RunOnAfterGameStarted();
 	gameLoaded = true;
+	dlogr("New Game started.", DL_MAIN);
 }
 
 static void __declspec(naked) main_load_new_hook() {