diff --git a/src/netcheck/cli.py b/src/netcheck/cli.py
index 6eab4a0..217bb2c 100644
--- a/src/netcheck/cli.py
+++ b/src/netcheck/cli.py
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ from netcheck.probes.latency import ping_fanout, tcp_connect_rtt
 from netcheck.probes.traceroute import traceroute
 from netcheck.speed import NDT7_CONSENT_NOTICE
 
+if sys.platform == "win32":
+    # A legacy console codepage (e.g. cp1251) cannot encode the emoji badges and
+    # Unicode punctuation this CLI prints; forcing UTF-8 here avoids a hard crash
+    # in rich's Windows renderer on every non-ASCII character.
+    for _stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr):
+        try:
+            _stream.reconfigure(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
+        except (AttributeError, ValueError):
+            pass
+
 app = typer.Typer(add_completion=False, help="Deep network diagnostics.")
 console = Console()
 
diff --git a/src/netcheck/compare.py b/src/netcheck/compare.py
index ba8aa42..7dd80d4 100644
--- a/src/netcheck/compare.py
+++ b/src/netcheck/compare.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def _block(title: str, changes: list[Change]) -> list[str]:
     if not changes:
         return [f"### {title}", "", "No change.", ""]
     return (
-        [f"### {title}", "", "| Field | Before | After | Δ |", "|---|---|---|---|"]
+        [f"### {title}", "", "| Field | Before | After | Delta |", "|---|---|---|---|"]
         + [f"| {c.label} | {_fmt(c.before)} | {_fmt(c.after)} | {_fmt(c.delta)} |" for c in changes]
         + [""]
     )