diff --git a/src/io/files.c b/src/io/files.c
index 090a2cb..0dac570 100644
--- a/src/io/files.c
+++ b/src/io/files.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 #define MAX_PATH_BYTES PATH_MAX
 
+#define min(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (b) : (a))
+
 #elif defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
 
 #include <Windows.h>
@@ -69,8 +71,6 @@ void delete_files(ModuleFileStack *stack) {
 // seeking the current line in print_diagnostic()
 #define SEEK_BUF_BYTES 256
 
-#define min(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (b) : (a))
-
 // behaves like fgets except that it has defined behavior when n == 1
 static void custom_fgets(char *buffer, size_t n, FILE *stream) {
     if (n == 1) {
diff --git a/src/sys/col.c b/src/sys/col.c
index 76260ec..afd78ba 100644
--- a/src/sys/col.c
+++ b/src/sys/col.c
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ int stdout_supports_ansi_esc() {
   HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
 
   if (!GetConsoleMode(hConsole, &mode)) {
-    ERROR("failed to get console mode");
-    return ANSI_ENABLED;
+    return ASNI_DISABLED;
   }
 
   if ((mode & ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT) |