diff --git a/src/engine/engine.h b/src/engine/engine.h
index 3c8b48bef..c896b082c 100644
--- a/src/engine/engine.h
+++ b/src/engine/engine.h
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
 #define EXTERN_BUSY_BEGIN_SOFT e->softLocked=true; e->isBusy.lock();
 #define EXTERN_BUSY_END e->isBusy.unlock(); e->softLocked=false;
 
-#define DIV_VERSION "dev149"
-#define DIV_ENGINE_VERSION 149
+#define DIV_VERSION "dev151"
+#define DIV_ENGINE_VERSION 151
 // for imports
 #define DIV_VERSION_MOD 0xff01
 #define DIV_VERSION_FC 0xff02
diff --git a/src/log.cpp b/src/log.cpp
index 074e79c40..4adccfe19 100644
--- a/src/log.cpp
+++ b/src/log.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,16 @@ int writeLog(int level, const char* msg, fmt::printf_args args) {
 }
 
 void initLog() {
-  // initalize log buffer
+  // initialize coloring on Windows
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  HANDLE winout=GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+  int termprop=0;
+  GetConsoleMode(winout,(LPDWORD)&termprop);
+  termprop|=ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING;
+  SetConsoleMode(winout,termprop);
+#endif
+
+  // initialize log buffer
   logPosition=0;
   for (int i=0; i<TA_LOG_SIZE; i++) {
     logEntries[i].text.reserve(128);