diff --git a/libtheterminal/com/vicr123/theterminal/libtheterminal/impl/qmlterminalscreencontroller.cpp b/libtheterminal/com/vicr123/theterminal/libtheterminal/impl/qmlterminalscreencontroller.cpp
index 8bf4ae5..c1c54ad 100644
--- a/libtheterminal/com/vicr123/theterminal/libtheterminal/impl/qmlterminalscreencontroller.cpp
+++ b/libtheterminal/com/vicr123/theterminal/libtheterminal/impl/qmlterminalscreencontroller.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void QmlTerminalScreenController::paste() {
 QVariantList QmlTerminalScreenController::calculateRuns(int start, int cols, std::function<TerminalScreen::CharacterSpace(int)> getCharacter) {
     QVariantList runs;
     QVariantMap currentMap = initFormat({});
-    QByteArray currentText;
+    QString currentText;
     TerminalScreen::CharacterSpace::CharacterFormat previousFormat;
     for (auto i = start; i < cols; i++) {
         auto character = getCharacter(i);
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ QVariantList QmlTerminalScreenController::calculateRuns(int start, int cols, std
             currentMap = initFormat(character.format);
         }
 
-        currentText.append(character.character.unicode());
+        currentText.append(character.character);
 
         previousFormat = character.format;
     }
diff --git a/libtheterminal/common/Emulation/vt100emulation.cpp b/libtheterminal/common/Emulation/vt100emulation.cpp
index e72fc27..321d695 100644
--- a/libtheterminal/common/Emulation/vt100emulation.cpp
+++ b/libtheterminal/common/Emulation/vt100emulation.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 struct VT100EmulationPrivate {
         QIODevice* device;
+        QTextStream reader;
         TerminalScreen* screen;
 
         bool echo = false;
@@ -44,10 +45,14 @@ VT100Emulation::VT100Emulation(QIODevice* device, TerminalScreen* screen, QObjec
     setupStateMachine();
     setupCsiStateMachine();
 
+    d->reader.setAutoDetectUnicode(false);
+    d->reader.setDevice(device);
+
     connect(device, &QIODevice::readyRead, this, [this] {
-        auto buf = d->device->readAll();
-        for (auto character : buf) {
-            processCharacter(character);
+        while (!d->reader.atEnd()) {
+            QChar ch;
+            d->reader >> ch;
+            processCharacter(ch);
         }
     });
 }
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ void VT100Emulation::pressKey(Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifiers, Qt::Key key, QStr
         this->write("\x1B[B");
         return;
     } else if (key == Qt::Key_Up) {
-        this->write("\x1B[A");
+        this->write("\x1B[A");  
         return;
     }
 
@@ -589,7 +594,7 @@ void VT100Emulation::invokeCsi(QString csi) {
 
     switch (lastResult) {
         case TerminalStateMachine::Result::Accepted:
-        return;
+            return;
         case TerminalStateMachine::Result::Pending:
             break;
         case TerminalStateMachine::Result::Rejected:
diff --git a/libtheterminal/common/PtyImpl/winpty.cpp b/libtheterminal/common/PtyImpl/winpty.cpp
index c29a0a1..ec79ae2 100644
--- a/libtheterminal/common/PtyImpl/winpty.cpp
+++ b/libtheterminal/common/PtyImpl/winpty.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct ReadFileWorker : public QThread
     ReadFileWorker(HANDLE hnd, QObject* parent) : QThread(parent), hnd(hnd) {}
 
     void run() override {
-        std::byte buf[1024];
+        char buf[1024];
         while (true) {
             DWORD readBytes;
             if (!ReadFile(hnd, buf, sizeof(buf), &readBytes, nullptr)) {
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ struct ReadFileWorker : public QThread
                 return;
             }
 
-            emit dataRead(QByteArrayView(buf, readBytes));
             emit dataRead(QByteArray(buf, readBytes));
         }
     }
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ bool WinPty::setWindowSize(qint16 cols, qint16 rows) {
     if (d->hPC != nullptr) {
         auto hr = ResizePseudoConsole(d->hPC, { cols, rows });
         return SUCCEEDED(hr);
-     }
+    }
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -189,6 +188,10 @@ qint64 WinPty::writeData(const char* data, qint64 len) {
     return len;
 }
 
+qint64 WinPty::bytesAvailable() const {
+    return d->readBuffer.length();
+}
+
 QStringList WinPty::runningProcesses() {
     return {};
 }
diff --git a/libtheterminal/common/PtyImpl/winpty.h b/libtheterminal/common/PtyImpl/winpty.h
index b46d142..fa22d84 100644
--- a/libtheterminal/common/PtyImpl/winpty.h
+++ b/libtheterminal/common/PtyImpl/winpty.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class WinPty : public AbstractPty {
     protected:
         qint64 readData(char *data, qint64 maxlen) override;
         qint64 writeData(const char *data, qint64 len) override;
+        qint64 bytesAvailable() const override;
 };
 
 #endif // WINPTY_H