diff --git a/lib/tput.js b/lib/tput.js
index 9d01c91..3a81de4 100644
--- a/lib/tput.js
+++ b/lib/tput.js
@@ -2138,6 +2138,11 @@ Tput.prototype.GetConsoleCP = function() {
     return -1;
   }
 
+  // Allow unicode on all windows consoles for now:
+  if (+process.env.NCURSES_UNICODE !== 0) {
+    return 65001;
+  }
+
   try {
     // Produces something like: 'Active code page: 437\n\n'
     ccp = cp.execFileSync(process.env.WINDIR + '\\system32\\chcp.com', [], {
@@ -2157,11 +2162,6 @@ Tput.prototype.GetConsoleCP = function() {
 
   ccp = +ccp[0];
 
-  // Allow unicode on all windows consoles for now:
-  if (+process.env.NCURSES_UNICODE !== 0) {
-    ccp = 65001;
-  }
-
   return ccp;
 };