1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/win32/winansi.c b/win32/winansi.c
index f45970747..0d8cf662a 100644
--- a/win32/winansi.c
+++ b/win32/winansi.c
@@ -32,9 +32,15 @@ static HANDLE get_console(void)
 
 static void init(void)
 {
-        HANDLE console = get_console();
+        static int initialised = FALSE;
+        HANDLE console;
         CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO sbi;
 
+        if (initialised)
+                return;
+        initialised = TRUE;
+
+        console = get_console();
         if (GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(console, &sbi)) {
                 attr = plain_attr = sbi.wAttributes;
                 negative = 0;