diff --git a/lib/std/debug.zig b/lib/std/debug.zig
index 75d2afb8e9..857fe9223f 100644
--- a/lib/std/debug.zig
+++ b/lib/std/debug.zig
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pub fn getSelfDebugInfo() !*DebugInfo {
     }
 }
 
-fn detectTTYConfig() TTY.Config {
+pub fn detectTTYConfig() TTY.Config {
     var bytes: [128]u8 = undefined;
     const allocator = &std.heap.FixedBufferAllocator.init(bytes[0..]).allocator;
     if (process.getEnvVarOwned(allocator, "ZIG_DEBUG_COLOR")) |_| {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ fn detectTTYConfig() TTY.Config {
     } else |_| {
         if (stderr_file.supportsAnsiEscapeCodes()) {
             return .escape_codes;
-        } else if (builtin.os == .windows) {
+        } else if (builtin.os == .windows and stderr_file.isTty()) {
             return .windows_api;
         } else {
             return .no_color;
diff --git a/test/tests.zig b/test/tests.zig
index 4d1f15fe29..f079b4664c 100644
--- a/test/tests.zig
+++ b/test/tests.zig
@@ -622,6 +622,9 @@ pub const StackTracesContext = struct {
             child.stderr_behavior = .Pipe;
             child.env_map = b.env_map;
 
+            if (b.verbose) {
+                printInvocation(args.toSliceConst());
+            }
             child.spawn() catch |err| debug.panic("Unable to spawn {}: {}\n", .{ full_exe_path, @errorName(err) });
 
             var stdout = Buffer.initNull(b.allocator);