diff --git a/src/spl_core/common/command_line_executor.py b/src/spl_core/common/command_line_executor.py
index 7b29aa2..62e6ff3 100644
--- a/src/spl_core/common/command_line_executor.py
+++ b/src/spl_core/common/command_line_executor.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import locale
 import subprocess
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ def execute(self, cmd: str | List[str]) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
                 text=True,
                 env=self.env,
                 universal_newlines=True,
+                encoding="cp850" if (locale.getlocale()[0] == "de_DE" and sys.platform == "win32") else "utf-8",
             ) as process:
                 if process.stdout:
                     for line in process.stdout:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_command_line_executor.py b/tests/unit/test_command_line_executor.py
index 8d4b544..b580aba 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_command_line_executor.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_command_line_executor.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import pytest
 
 from spl_core.common.command_line_executor import CommandLineExecutor
@@ -29,3 +31,10 @@ def test_CommandLineExecuter(self, command, exp_stdout, exp_stderr, exp_returnco
         assert result.stdout == exp_stdout
         assert result.stderr == exp_stderr
         assert result.returncode == exp_returncode
+
+    def test_CommandLineExecuter_exception(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        test_path = tmp_path.joinpath("test")
+        test_path.mkdir()
+        link_path = test_path.joinpath("link")
+        result = CommandLineExecutor().execute(["cmd", "/c", "mklink", "/J", str(link_path), str(test_path)])
+        assert result.returncode == 0