diff --git a/Include/Iony/Core/Console.h b/Include/Iony/Core/Console.h
index 73d07d8..d52719b 100644
--- a/Include/Iony/Core/Console.h
+++ b/Include/Iony/Core/Console.h
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
 
 #include "../Utils/Error.h"
 
-IonyError iony_print(char *text, long length);
+IonyError iony_print(const char *text, long length);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Src/Core/Console.c b/Src/Core/Console.c
index fe469d7..a4b351e 100644
--- a/Src/Core/Console.c
+++ b/Src/Core/Console.c
@@ -27,14 +27,17 @@
 #include "../../Include/Iony/Utils/System.h"
 #endif
 
-IonyError iony_print(char *text, long length) {
+IonyError iony_print(const char *text, const long length) {
     if (text == 0) {
         return IONY_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER;
     }
 
     #if defined(_WIN32)
-    static HANDLE standard_console_out_handle = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
-
+    static HANDLE standard_console_out_handle = 0;
+    if (standard_console_out_handle == 0) {
+        standard_console_out_handle = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+    }
+    
     DWORD characters_written;
     if (!WriteFile(standard_console_out_handle, text, length, &characters_written, 0)) {
         return IONY_ERROR_SYSTEM_CALL_FAILED;