diff --git a/src/fprint.hpp b/src/fprint.hpp
index 22e5bc0..b494fb5 100644
--- a/src/fprint.hpp
+++ b/src/fprint.hpp
@@ -36,8 +36,13 @@ namespace swbf {
 	template<class ...Args>
 	inline void fprint(std::FILE* file, std::string_view format, Args&&... args) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
+		// windows vt handling is DOG slow. don't know why lmao
 		auto str = std::vformat(format, std::make_format_args(args...));
-		WriteConsole(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), str.data(), str.length(), nullptr, nullptr);
+		HANDLE handle = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+		if(file == stderr)
+			handle = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
+
+		WriteConsole(handle, str.data(), str.length(), nullptr, nullptr);
 #else
 		std::vformat_to(FputcIterator(file), format, std::make_format_args(args...));
 #endif