diff --git a/akit/src/main/native/cpp/ConsoleSource.cpp b/akit/src/main/native/cpp/ConsoleSource.cpp
index 41ce7478..c49d5a08 100644
--- a/akit/src/main/native/cpp/ConsoleSource.cpp
+++ b/akit/src/main/native/cpp/ConsoleSource.cpp
@@ -8,38 +8,117 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <frc/Errors.h>
 #include <vector>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <io.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
 #include "akit/ConsoleSource.h"
 
 using namespace akit;
 
-SimulatorConsoleSource::SimulatorConsoleSource() : originalCout {
-		std::cout.rdbuf(&splitCout) }, originalCerr { std::cerr.rdbuf(
-		&splitCerr) } {
+SimulatorConsoleSource::SimulatorConsoleSource() {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	_pipe(stdoutPipe, 4096, _O_TEXT);
+	_pipe(stderrPipe, 4096, _O_TEXT);
+
+	originalCout = _dup(_fileno(stdout));
+	originalCerr = _dup(_fileno(stderr));
+
+	_dup2(stdoutPipe[1], _fileno(stdout));
+	_dup2(stderrPipe[1], _fileno(stderr));
+
+	_close(stdoutPipe[1]);
+	_close(stderrPipe[1]);
+#else
+	pipe (stdoutPipe);
+	pipe (stderrPipe);
+	originalCout = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
+	originalCerr = dup(STDERR_FILENO);
+
+	dup2(stdoutPipe[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
+	dup2(stderrPipe[1], STDERR_FILENO);
+
+	close(stdoutPipe[1]);
+	close(stderrPipe[1]);
+
+	int flags = fcntl(stdoutPipe[0], F_GETFL, 0);
+	fcntl(stdoutPipe[0], F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
+
+	flags = fcntl(stderrPipe[0], F_GETFL, 0);
+	fcntl(stderrPipe[0], F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
+#endif
+
+	setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+	setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
 }
 
 SimulatorConsoleSource::~SimulatorConsoleSource() {
-	std::cout.rdbuf(originalCout);
-	std::cerr.rdbuf(originalCerr);
-}
+	running = false;
+	thread.join();
 
-std::string SimulatorConsoleSource::GetNewData() {
-	std::string fullOut = capturedCout.str();
-	std::string newOut = fullOut.substr(coutPos);
-	coutPos = fullOut.size();
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	_dup2(originalCout, _fileno(stdout));
+	_dup2(originalCerr, _fileno(stderr));
 
-	std::string fullErr = capturedCerr.str();
-	std::string newErr = fullErr.substr(coutPos);
-	cerrPos = fullErr.size();
+	_close(originalCout);
+	_close(originalCerr);
+#else
+	dup2(originalCout, STDOUT_FILENO);
+	dup2(originalCerr, STDERR_FILENO);
 
-	return newOut + newErr;
+	close (originalCout);
+	close (originalCerr);
+#endif
 }
 
-int SimulatorConsoleSource::SplitBuffer::overflow(int c) {
-	if (c == EOF)
-		return !EOF;
-	original->sputc(c);
-	capture.put(static_cast<char>(c));
-	return c;
+void SimulatorConsoleSource::Run() {
+	char buffer[1024];
+	while (running) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+		DWORD bytesAvailable = 0;
+		HANDLE hStdOut = reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(_get_osfhandle(stdoutPipe[0]));
+		if (PeekNamedPipe(hStdOut, NULL, 0, NULL, &bytesAvailable, NULL) && bytesAvailable > 0) {
+			int count = _read(stdoutPipe[0], buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+			if (count > 0) {
+				_write(originalCout, buffer, count);
+				std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock{mutex};
+				data.append(buffer, count);
+			}
+		}
+		HANDLE hStdErr = reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(_get_osfhandle(stderrPipe[0]));
+		if (PeekNamedPipe(hStdErr, NULL, 0, NULL, &bytesAvailable, NULL) && bytesAvailable > 0) {
+			int count = _read(stderrPipe[0], buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+			if (count > 0) {
+				_write(originalCerr, buffer, count);
+				std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock{mutex};
+				data.append(buffer, count);
+			}
+		}
+#else
+		ssize_t count = read(stdoutPipe[0], buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+		if (count > 0) {
+			write(originalCout, buffer, count);
+			std::lock_guard < std::mutex > lock { mutex };
+			data.append(buffer, count);
+		}
+		count = read(stderrPipe[0], buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+		if (count > 0) {
+			write(originalCerr, buffer, count);
+			std::lock_guard < std::mutex > lock { mutex };
+			data.append(buffer, count);
+		}
+#endif
+
+		std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds { 5 });
+	}
+}
+
+std::string SimulatorConsoleSource::GetNewData() {
+	std::lock_guard < std::mutex > lock { mutex };
+	std::string newData = std::move(data);
+	data.clear();
+	return newData;
 }
 
 RoboRIOConsoleSource::~RoboRIOConsoleSource() {
diff --git a/akit/src/main/native/include/akit/ConsoleSource.h b/akit/src/main/native/include/akit/ConsoleSource.h
index 6c1b90ba..53aee7e9 100644
--- a/akit/src/main/native/include/akit/ConsoleSource.h
+++ b/akit/src/main/native/include/akit/ConsoleSource.h
@@ -29,31 +29,19 @@ class SimulatorConsoleSource: public ConsoleSource {
 	std::string GetNewData() override;
 
 private:
-	class SplitBuffer: public std::streambuf {
-	public:
-		SplitBuffer(std::streambuf *original, std::ostringstream &capture) : original {
-				original }, capture { capture } {
-		}
-
-	protected:
-		int overflow(int c) override;
-
-	private:
-		std::streambuf *original;
-		std::ostringstream &capture;
-	};
+	void Run();
 
-	std::streambuf *originalCout;
-	std::streambuf *originalCerr;
+	std::atomic<bool> running = true;
+	std::thread thread { &SimulatorConsoleSource::Run, this };
 
-	std::ostringstream capturedCout;
-	std::ostringstream capturedCerr;
+	int stdoutPipe[2];
+	int stderrPipe[2];
 
-	SplitBuffer splitCout { originalCout, capturedCout };
-	SplitBuffer splitCerr { originalCerr, capturedCerr };
+	int originalCout;
+	int originalCerr;
 
-	size_t coutPos = 0;
-	size_t cerrPos = 0;
+	std::mutex mutex;
+	std::string data;
 };
 
 class RoboRIOConsoleSource: public ConsoleSource {