diff --git a/bin/hidconsole b/bin/hidconsole
index 9630a113..2acd0508 100755
--- a/bin/hidconsole
+++ b/bin/hidconsole
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 Z=`readlink -f "$0"`
 LIB=`readlink -f $(dirname "$Z")/../lib`
 export PYTHONPATH=$LIB
+export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=yes
 
 PYTHON=${PYTHON:-`which python python2 python3 | head -n 1`}
 exec $PYTHON -m hidapi.hidconsole "$@"
diff --git a/lib/hidapi/hidconsole.py b/lib/hidapi/hidconsole.py
index c3d51e37..b93328a2 100644
--- a/lib/hidapi/hidconsole.py
+++ b/lib/hidapi/hidconsole.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python -u
 
 import os
 import sys