diff --git a/core/cli.py b/core/cli.py
index f0fbdca..7e8d77b 100644
--- a/core/cli.py
+++ b/core/cli.py
@@ -66,7 +66,55 @@
 
 
 def _print(line: str) -> None:
-    print(line, flush=True)
+    try:
+        print(line, flush=True)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
+
+def _ensure_cli_stdio() -> None:
+    """Give the packaged (windowed) build real stdio for CLI mode.
+
+    PyInstaller builds flint with ``console=False``, so the GUI never
+    flashes a console. CLI invocations launched from PowerShell or
+    Explorer then have no stdout handle at all and ``print`` raises
+    OSError under Python 3.14's stricter stdio handling. When the std
+    handles are not real files or pipes (cmd-style redirection), attach
+    to the parent console instead so CLI output is visible. In dev there
+    is a real console and nothing happens.
+    """
+    if not getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
+        return
+    try:
+        import msvcrt
+
+        for stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr):
+            fd = stream.fileno()
+            handle = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(fd)
+            if handle != -1 and ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetFileType(handle) in (
+                1,
+                3,
+            ):
+                return
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    try:
+        # ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS: reuse the console of the process that
+        # launched us, then reopen the standard streams onto it.
+        if ctypes.windll.kernel32.AttachConsole(0xFFFFFFFF):
+            # These streams must outlive the function; they become
+            # sys.stdout/stderr/stdin for the rest of the process.
+            sys.stdout = open(  # noqa: SIM115
+                "CONOUT$", "w", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace"
+            )
+            sys.stderr = open(  # noqa: SIM115
+                "CONOUT$", "w", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace"
+            )
+            sys.stdin = open(  # noqa: SIM115
+                "CONIN$", "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace"
+            )
+    except Exception:
+        pass
 
 
 def _opts(argv: list[str]) -> tuple[dict[str, str | bool], str | None]:
@@ -568,6 +616,7 @@ def _cmd_queue(opts: dict[str, str | bool]) -> int:
 
 
 def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    _ensure_cli_stdio()
     argv = list(sys.argv[1:] if argv is None else argv)
     if "--cli" in argv:
         argv.remove("--cli")
diff --git a/core/version.py b/core/version.py
index 430a0e8..998e45d 100644
--- a/core/version.py
+++ b/core/version.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 ``setup.py`` when bumping.
 """
 
-APP_VERSION = "1.0.2"
\ No newline at end of file
+APP_VERSION = "1.0.3"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8a962bf..40faf5f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="flint-native",
-    version="1.0.2",
+    version="1.0.3",
     description="Optional native writer extension for Flint",
     ext_modules=[
         Extension(
diff --git a/version_info.txt b/version_info.txt
index e4536fa..1edd127 100644
--- a/version_info.txt
+++ b/version_info.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VSVersionInfo(
     ffi=FixedFileInfo(
-        filevers=(1, 0, 2, 0),
-        prodvers=(1, 0, 2, 0),
+        filevers=(1, 0, 3, 0),
+        prodvers=(1, 0, 3, 0),
         mask=0x3F,
         flags=0x0,
         OS=0x40004,
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ VSVersionInfo(
                     [
                         StringStruct("CompanyName", "Flint"),
                         StringStruct("FileDescription", "Flint — bootable USB writer"),
-                        StringStruct("FileVersion", "1.0.2"),
+                        StringStruct("FileVersion", "1.0.3"),
                         StringStruct("InternalName", "flint"),
                         StringStruct("OriginalFilename", "flint.exe"),
                         StringStruct("ProductName", "Flint"),
-                        StringStruct("ProductVersion", "1.0.2"),
+                        StringStruct("ProductVersion", "1.0.3"),
                     ],
                 )
             ]