diff --git a/buku b/buku
index 140c1cf..3c12bfa 100755
--- a/buku
+++ b/buku
@@ -4323,7 +4323,9 @@ def read_in(msg):
     disable_sigint_handler()
     message = None
     try:
-        message = input(msg)
+        # Delibrately dong this to better support Windows colorizing
+        print(msg, end='')
+        message = input()
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print('Interrupted.')
 
@@ -4853,8 +4855,12 @@ POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS:
     # only ConEmu is supported. If the user does not use ConEmu, colors are
     # disabled unless --colors or %BUKU_COLORS% is specified.
     if sys.platform == 'win32' and os.environ.get('ConemuDir') is None:
-        if args.colorstr is None and colorstr_env is not None:
-            args.nc = True
+        try:
+            import colorama
+            colorama.init()
+        except ImportError:
+            if args.colorstr is None and colorstr_env is not None:
+                args.nc = True
 
     # Handle color output preference
     if args.nc: