diff --git a/src/console.cc b/src/console.cc
index ad66e569..cf0782a3 100644
--- a/src/console.cc
+++ b/src/console.cc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace global {
 #ifdef __MINGW32__
 const SharedHandle<WinConsoleFile>& cout()
 {
-  static SharedHandle<WinConsoleFile> f(new WinConsoleFile(STD_INPUT_HANDLE));
+  static SharedHandle<WinConsoleFile> f(new WinConsoleFile(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE));
   return f;
 }
 #else // !__MINGW32__