diff --git a/examples/common.cpp b/examples/common.cpp
index 4ead54fdf..cb2714a4b 100644
--- a/examples/common.cpp
+++ b/examples/common.cpp
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ void console_set_color(console_state & con_st, console_color_t color) {
 }
 
 char32_t getchar32() {
-/*#if defined(_WIN32)
+#if defined(_WIN32)
     HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
     wchar_t high_surrogate = 0;
 
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ char32_t getchar32() {
             return static_cast<char32_t>(wc);
         }
     }
-#else*/
+#else
     wchar_t wc = getwchar();
     if (static_cast<wint_t>(wc) == WEOF) {
         return WEOF;