diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index cfa4942..e25f057 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ on:
 env:
   PYTHONUTF8: 1
   PYTHONIOENCODING: UTF-8
-  PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSSTDIO: ""
-  PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSFSENCODING: ""
 
 jobs:
   commit:
@@ -63,8 +61,6 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.env-version.os == 'windows-latest'
         run: |
           pyinstaller --clean --noconfirm --strip --noupx --console --onefile --add-data 'whispers/config.yml;whispers' --add-data 'whispers/rules/*.yml;whispers/rules' --name whispers.exe whispers/main.py
-          dist/whispers.exe --help
-          dist/whispers.exe --init
           dist/whispers.exe tests/fixtures
 
       - name: compile .bin
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d309fed..5c6cf33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -91,21 +91,21 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pyinstaller --clean --noconfirm --strip --noupx --console --onefile --add-data 'whispers/config.yml:whispers' --add-data 'whispers/rules/*.yml:whispers/rules' --name ${{ matrix.env-version.binary }} whispers/main.py
           sha256sum --binary dist/${{ matrix.env-version.binary }} > dist/${{ matrix.env-version.binary }}.sha256.txt
-          dist/${{ matrix.env-version.binary }}
+          dist/${{ matrix.env-version.binary }} --version
 
       - name: 'whispers.mac: Mach-O 64-bit x86_64 executable'
         if: ${{ matrix.env-version.os == 'macos-latest' }}
         run: |
           pyinstaller --clean --noconfirm --strip --noupx --console --onefile --add-data 'whispers/config.yml:whispers' --add-data 'whispers/rules/*.yml:whispers/rules' --name ${{ matrix.env-version.binary }} whispers/main.py
           shasum --binary --algorithm 256 dist/${{ matrix.env-version.binary }} > dist/${{ matrix.env-version.binary }}.sha256.txt
-          dist/${{ matrix.env-version.binary }}
+          dist/${{ matrix.env-version.binary }} --version
 
       - name: 'whispers.exe: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64'
         if: ${{ matrix.env-version.os == 'windows-latest' }}
         run: |
           pyinstaller --clean --noconfirm --strip --noupx --console --onefile --add-data 'whispers/config.yml;whispers' --add-data 'whispers/rules/*.yml;whispers/rules' --name ${{ matrix.env-version.binary }} whispers/main.py
           certUtil -hashfile dist/${{ matrix.env-version.binary }} SHA256 > dist/${{ matrix.env-version.binary }}.sha256.txt
-          dist/${{ matrix.env-version.binary }}
+          dist/${{ matrix.env-version.binary }} --version
 
       - name: upload binary
         uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
diff --git a/whispers/main.py b/whispers/main.py
index dd063f0..ab0a233 100644
--- a/whispers/main.py
+++ b/whispers/main.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from whispers.core.secrets import detect_secrets
 from whispers.models.pair import KeyValuePair
 
+environ["PYTHONUTF8"] = "1"
 environ["PYTHONIOENCODING"] = "UTF-8"