diff --git a/clyx-go/clyx.go b/clyx-go/clyx.go
index 778ee22..3a11fc5 100644
--- a/clyx-go/clyx.go
+++ b/clyx-go/clyx.go
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ func NewClyx(libfname string, libCode string) *Clyx {
   c.words["type"] = func() { c.cmdType() }
   c.words["next"] = func() { c.stack = append(c.stack, c.popCallerToken()) }
   c.words["."] = func() { printVal(c.pop()) }
-  c.words["emit"] = func() { fmt.Printf("%c", rune(toInt(c.pop()))) }
+  c.words["emit"] = func() { os.Stdout.Write([]byte{byte(toInt(c.pop()))}) }
   c.words["fopen"] = func() {
     mode, fileVal := c.pop().(string), c.pop()
     isStdin := false
diff --git a/clyx-python/clyx/clyx.py b/clyx-python/clyx/clyx.py
index 5a02e08..59c7f91 100755
--- a/clyx-python/clyx/clyx.py
+++ b/clyx-python/clyx/clyx.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Clyx:
     def default_in():
       try: return input()
       except: return 'exit'
-    self._in_str, self._out_num, self._out_char = in_str or default_in, out_num or (lambda v: (sys.stdout.write(str(v)+'\n'), getattr(sys.stdout, 'flush', lambda: None)())), out_char or (lambda v: (sys.stdout.write(chr(int(v))), getattr(sys.stdout, 'flush', lambda: None)()))
+    self._in_str, self._out_num, self._out_char = in_str or default_in, out_num or (lambda v: (sys.stdout.write(str(v)+'\n'), getattr(sys.stdout, 'flush', lambda: None)())), out_char or (lambda v: (sys.stdout.buffer.write(bytes([int(v)])) if hasattr(sys.stdout, 'buffer') else sys.stdout.write(chr(int(v))), getattr(sys.stdout, 'flush', lambda: None)()))
     self._stack, self._tokens, self._token_streams = [], [], []
     self._words = {
       'dup': lambda: self._stack.append(self._stack[-1]), 'drop': lambda: self._stack.pop(), 'swap': lambda: self._stack.extend([self._stack.pop(), self._stack.pop()]), 'i': lambda: self._eval(self._stack.pop()),