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diff --git a/src/core/core.py b/src/core/core.py
index 807ca0cc..05db7e0e 100644
--- a/src/core/core.py
+++ b/src/core/core.py
@@ -494,6 +494,19 @@ class Core(object):
Init curses, create the first tab, etc
"""
self.stdscr = curses.initscr()
+ if not hasattr(self.stdscr, 'get_wch'):
+ curses.echo()
+ curses.endwin()
+ print('ERROR: The current python executable is linked with a '
+ 'ncurses version with no unicode capabilities.\nThis'
+ ' means python was built on a system where readline'
+ ' is linked against libncurses and not libncursesw.\n'
+ 'Please file a bug for your distribution or recompile'
+ ' libreadline with -ltermcapw instead of -ltermcap, '
+ 'and then recompile python.\nPoezio is currently unable'
+ ' to read your input or draw its interface properly, so'
+ ' it will now exit.')
+ self.exit()
self.init_curses(self.stdscr)
self.call_for_resize()
default_tab = tabs.RosterInfoTab()