diff --git a/atom/browser/lib/init.coffee b/atom/browser/lib/init.coffee
index 2b6b1bb3c2..9f92d700c7 100644
--- a/atom/browser/lib/init.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/lib/init.coffee
@@ -21,10 +21,15 @@ globalPaths.push path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'api', 'lib')
 if process.platform is 'win32'
   # Redirect node's console to use our own implementations, since node can not
   # handle console output when running as GUI program.
-  print = (args...) ->
+  consoleLog = (args...) ->
     process.log util.format(args...) + "\n"
-  console.log = console.error = console.warn = print
-  process.stdout.write = process.stderr.write = print
+  streamWrite = (chunk, encoding, callback) ->
+    chunk = chunk.toString(encoding) if Buffer.isBuffer chunk
+    process.log chunk
+    callback() if callback
+    true
+  console.log = console.error = console.warn = consoleLog
+  process.stdout.write = process.stderr.write = streamWrite
 
   # Always returns EOF for stdin stream.
   Readable = require('stream').Readable