diff --git a/pyscript.core/package-lock.json b/pyscript.core/package-lock.json
index fdb4ebff..b18c5741 100644
--- a/pyscript.core/package-lock.json
+++ b/pyscript.core/package-lock.json
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 {
     "name": "@pyscript/core",
-    "version": "0.4.16",
+    "version": "0.4.18",
     "lockfileVersion": 3,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "@pyscript/core",
-            "version": "0.4.16",
+            "version": "0.4.18",
             "license": "APACHE-2.0",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@ungap/with-resolvers": "^0.1.0",
                 "basic-devtools": "^0.1.6",
-                "polyscript": "^0.12.2",
+                "polyscript": "^0.12.3",
                 "sticky-module": "^0.1.1",
                 "to-json-callback": "^0.1.1",
                 "type-checked-collections": "^0.1.7"
@@ -2435,9 +2435,9 @@
             }
         },
         "node_modules/polyscript": {
-            "version": "0.12.2",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/polyscript/-/polyscript-0.12.2.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-qHZbcSVhp4bDW9YjcPyYw2AWDRrBEDUVxKMuvjACjQK7O891H6x7dNKVYNjij75Ygn9akma+X1n6eTW4syBFmQ==",
+            "version": "0.12.3",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/polyscript/-/polyscript-0.12.3.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-aekNrFZzdLe0KQuSMWKFsUwkv414hIIjDgqzCbEXl4l5xZA8vgiv+jFFOZnkJk9/HeybLRPJBRdlhBxfdKVV0Q==",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@ungap/structured-clone": "^1.2.0",
                 "@ungap/with-resolvers": "^0.1.0",
diff --git a/pyscript.core/package.json b/pyscript.core/package.json
index cd431f23..548d2dc4 100644
--- a/pyscript.core/package.json
+++ b/pyscript.core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@pyscript/core",
-    "version": "0.4.16",
+    "version": "0.4.18",
     "type": "module",
     "description": "PyScript",
     "module": "./index.js",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "@ungap/with-resolvers": "^0.1.0",
         "basic-devtools": "^0.1.6",
-        "polyscript": "^0.12.2",
+        "polyscript": "^0.12.3",
         "sticky-module": "^0.1.1",
         "to-json-callback": "^0.1.1",
         "type-checked-collections": "^0.1.7"
diff --git a/pyscript.core/src/plugins/py-editor.js b/pyscript.core/src/plugins/py-editor.js
index 8b1bb8d5..9a828456 100644
--- a/pyscript.core/src/plugins/py-editor.js
+++ b/pyscript.core/src/plugins/py-editor.js
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ const hooks = {
         codeBeforeRun: () => stdlib,
         // works on both Pyodide and MicroPython
         onReady: ({ runAsync, io }, { sync }) => {
-            io.stdout = (line) => sync.write(line);
-            io.stderr = (line) => sync.writeErr(line);
+            io.stdout = io.buffered(sync.write);
+            io.stderr = io.buffered(sync.writeErr);
             sync.revoke();
             sync.runAsync = runAsync;
         },
diff --git a/pyscript.core/src/plugins/py-terminal.js b/pyscript.core/src/plugins/py-terminal.js
index 925fc1f9..721fef77 100644
--- a/pyscript.core/src/plugins/py-terminal.js
+++ b/pyscript.core/src/plugins/py-terminal.js
@@ -59,7 +59,37 @@ const workerReady = ({ interpreter, io, run, type }, { sync }) => {
         });
         run("from _pyscript_input import input");
 
-        io.stdout = generic.write;
+        // this is needed to avoid truncated unicode in MicroPython
+        // the reason is that `linebuffer` false just send one byte
+        // per time and readline here doesn't like it much.
+        // MicroPython also has issues with code-points and
+        // replProcessChar(byte) but that function accepts only
+        // one byte per time so ... we have an issue!
+        // @see https://github.com/pyscript/pyscript/pull/2018
+        // @see https://github.com/WebReflection/buffer-points
+        const bufferPoints = (stdio) => {
+            const bytes = [];
+            let needed = 0;
+            return (buffer) => {
+                let written = 0;
+                for (const byte of buffer) {
+                    bytes.push(byte);
+                    // @see https://encoding.spec.whatwg.org/#utf-8-bytes-needed
+                    if (needed) needed--;
+                    else if (0xc2 <= byte && byte <= 0xdf) needed = 1;
+                    else if (0xe0 <= byte && byte <= 0xef) needed = 2;
+                    else if (0xf0 <= byte && byte <= 0xf4) needed = 3;
+                    if (!needed) {
+                        written += bytes.length;
+                        stdio(new Uint8Array(bytes.splice(0)));
+                    }
+                }
+                return written;
+            };
+        };
+
+        io.stdout = bufferPoints(generic.write);
+
         // tiny shim of the code module with only interact
         // to bootstrap a REPL like environment
         interpreter.registerJsModule("code", {
@@ -69,14 +99,14 @@ const workerReady = ({ interpreter, io, run, type }, { sync }) => {
 
                 const encoder = new TextEncoder();
                 const acc = [];
+                const handlePoints = bufferPoints((buffer) => {
+                    acc.push(...buffer);
+                    pyterminal_write(decoder.decode(buffer));
+                });
 
-                io.stdout = (buffer) => {
-                    // avoid duplicating the output produced by the input
-                    if (length++ > input.length) {
-                        acc.push(...buffer);
-                        pyterminal_write(decoder.decode(buffer));
-                    }
-                };
+                // avoid duplicating the output produced by the input
+                io.stdout = (buffer) =>
+                    length++ > input.length ? handlePoints(buffer) : 0;
 
                 interpreter.replInit();
 
diff --git a/pyscript.core/test/py-terminal.html b/pyscript.core/test/py-terminal.html
index 1ce31928..d4ab3537 100644
--- a/pyscript.core/test/py-terminal.html
+++ b/pyscript.core/test/py-terminal.html
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     </head>
     <body>
         <script type="mpy" worker terminal>
+            print("µpython")
             import code
             code.interact()
         </script>