diff --git a/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/cli/CMakeLists.txt
index ae58922..bf6c94f 100644
--- a/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ set(TEST_HEADER_FILES)
 set(TEST_SRC_FILES tests/application.cpp)
 
 # find c++utilities
-find_package(${PACKAGE_NAMESPACE_PREFIX}c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.10.0 REQUIRED)
+find_package(${PACKAGE_NAMESPACE_PREFIX}c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.16.0 REQUIRED)
 use_cpp_utilities()
 
 # find qtutilities
diff --git a/cli/main.cpp b/cli/main.cpp
index 3b58bf7..ae08d1b 100644
--- a/cli/main.cpp
+++ b/cli/main.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     SET_APPLICATION_INFO;
+    CMD_UTILS_HANDLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING;
     CMD_UTILS_CONVERT_ARGS_TO_UTF8;
     QCoreApplication coreApp(argc, argv);
     Cli::Application cliApp;
diff --git a/tray/CMakeLists.txt b/tray/CMakeLists.txt
index 65e76d2..d5a23e2 100644
--- a/tray/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tray/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ set(REQUIRED_ICONS
     window-close)
 
 # find c++utilities
-find_package(${PACKAGE_NAMESPACE_PREFIX}c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.6.0 REQUIRED)
+find_package(${PACKAGE_NAMESPACE_PREFIX}c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.16.0 REQUIRED)
 use_cpp_utilities()
 
 # find qtutilities
diff --git a/tray/application/main.cpp b/tray/application/main.cpp
index d70c009..a29bd4b 100644
--- a/tray/application/main.cpp
+++ b/tray/application/main.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ int runApplication(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     // setup argument parser
     SET_APPLICATION_INFO;
     CMD_UTILS_CONVERT_ARGS_TO_UTF8;
+    CMD_UTILS_HANDLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING;
     ArgumentParser parser;
     // Qt configuration arguments
     QT_CONFIG_ARGUMENTS qtConfigArgs;