diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 556ee5341..b5536fad4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -354,13 +354,20 @@ style: commands
 		--style=google --unpad-paren --pad-header \
 		--align-pointer=name {} \;
 
+COMMANDS_UTF8_FILTER := cat
+COMMANDS_PYTHON := $(PYTHON3)
+ifdef IS_MINGW
+    COMMANDS_UTF8_FILTER := iconv -f CP850 -t UTF-8
+    COMMANDS_PYTHON := PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8 $(PYTHON3)
+endif
+
 commands: client
 	# Update commands.md
-	[ -x client/proxmark3 ] && client/proxmark3 -m | tr -d '\r' > doc/commands.md
+	[ -x client/proxmark3 ] && client/proxmark3 -m | $(COMMANDS_UTF8_FILTER) | tr -d '\r' > doc/commands.md
 	# Make sure python3 is installed
-	@command -v python3 >/dev/null || ( echo "Please install 'python3' package first" ; exit 1 )
+	@command -v $(PYTHON3) >/dev/null || ( echo "Please install '$(PYTHON3)' package first" ; exit 1 )
 	# Update commands.json, patch port in case it was run under Windows
-	[ -x client/proxmark3 ] && client/proxmark3 --fulltext | sed 's#com[0-9]#/dev/ttyACM0#'|python3 client/pyscripts/pm3_help2json.py - - | tr -d '\r' > doc/commands.json
+	[ -x client/proxmark3 ] && client/proxmark3 --fulltext | $(COMMANDS_UTF8_FILTER) | sed 's#com[0-9]#/dev/ttyACM0#'|$(COMMANDS_PYTHON) client/pyscripts/pm3_help2json.py - - | tr -d '\r' > doc/commands.json
 
 
 # Detecting weird codepages and tabs.
diff --git a/Makefile.defs b/Makefile.defs
index 8cfcce10e..7304bb5f6 100644
--- a/Makefile.defs
+++ b/Makefile.defs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ USERMOD = usermod -aG
 ADDUSER = adduser
 GETENT_BL = getent group bluetooth
 
+PYTHON3 ?=             python3
 PYTHON3_PKGCONFIG ?=   python3
 
 PATHSEP=/
diff --git a/client/src/cmdlfhitag.c b/client/src/cmdlfhitag.c
index 8772c8742..c7aa90f08 100644
--- a/client/src/cmdlfhitag.c
+++ b/client/src/cmdlfhitag.c
@@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@ static int CmdLFHitagEload(const char *Cmd) {
         arg_lit0("1", "ht1", "Card type Hitag 1"),
         arg_lit0("2", "ht2", "Card type Hitag 2"),
         arg_lit0("s", "hts", "Card type Hitag S"),
-        arg_lit0("m", "htm", "Card type Hitag \xce\xbc"), // μ
+        arg_lit0("m", "htm", "Card type Hitag µ"),
         arg_param_end
     };
     CLIExecWithReturn(ctx, Cmd, argtable, false);
@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@ static int CmdLFHitagEload(const char *Cmd) {
     } else if (use_htm) {
         // a u dump is sized by the tag's ICR, so accept anything that fits
         expected = 0;
-        tname = "Hitag \xce\xbc";
+        tname = "Hitag µ";
     }
 
     if (use_htm) {
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ static int CmdLFHitagEview(const char *Cmd) {
         arg_lit0("1", "ht1", "Card type Hitag 1"),
         arg_lit0("2", "ht2", "Card type Hitag 2 (default)"),
         arg_lit0("s", "hts", "Card type Hitag S"),
-        arg_lit0("m", "htm", "Card type Hitag \xce\xbc"),
+        arg_lit0("m", "htm", "Card type Hitag µ"),
         arg_param_end
     };
     CLIExecWithReturn(ctx, Cmd, argtable, true);
@@ -2933,4 +2933,3 @@ int CmdLFHitag(const char *Cmd) {
     return CmdsParse(CommandTable, Cmd);
 }
 
-