diff --git a/internal/display/bufwindow.go b/internal/display/bufwindow.go
index ccbe2d98..0b4391ae 100644
--- a/internal/display/bufwindow.go
+++ b/internal/display/bufwindow.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package display
 
 import (
-	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
@@ -340,11 +339,10 @@ func (w *BufWindow) getStyle(style tcell.Style, bloc buffer.Loc, r rune) (tcell.
 
 func (w *BufWindow) showCursor(x, y int, main bool) {
 	if w.active {
-		if main && runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
-			screen.Screen.ShowCursor(x, y)
+		if main {
+			screen.ShowCursor(x, y)
 		} else {
-			r, _, _, _ := screen.Screen.GetContent(x, y)
-			screen.Screen.SetContent(x, y, r, nil, config.DefStyle.Reverse(true))
+			screen.ShowFakeCursor(x, y)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -596,13 +594,7 @@ func (w *BufWindow) displayBuffer() {
 			screen.Screen.SetContent(i+w.X, vloc.Y+w.Y, ' ', nil, curStyle)
 		}
 
-		for _, c := range cursors {
-			if c.X == bloc.X && c.Y == bloc.Y && !c.HasSelection() {
-				w.showCursor(w.X+vloc.X, w.Y+vloc.Y, c.Num == 0)
-			}
-		}
-
-		draw(' ', curStyle, false)
+		draw(' ', curStyle, true)
 
 		bloc.X = w.StartCol
 		bloc.Y++
diff --git a/internal/display/infowindow.go b/internal/display/infowindow.go
index b179c81e..45dc2c65 100644
--- a/internal/display/infowindow.go
+++ b/internal/display/infowindow.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func (i *InfoWindow) displayBuffer() {
 	totalwidth := blocX - nColsBeforeStart
 	for len(line) > 0 {
 		if activeC.X == blocX {
-			screen.Screen.ShowCursor(vlocX, i.Y)
+			screen.ShowCursor(vlocX, i.Y)
 		}
 
 		r, size := utf8.DecodeRune(line)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (i *InfoWindow) displayBuffer() {
 		}
 	}
 	if activeC.X == blocX {
-		screen.Screen.ShowCursor(vlocX, i.Y)
+		screen.ShowCursor(vlocX, i.Y)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/display/termwindow.go b/internal/display/termwindow.go
index 95a90037..23ae1dbe 100644
--- a/internal/display/termwindow.go
+++ b/internal/display/termwindow.go
@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ func (w *TermWindow) Display() {
 	}
 	if w.State.CursorVisible() && w.active {
 		curx, cury := w.State.Cursor()
-		screen.Screen.ShowCursor(curx+w.X, cury+w.Y)
+		screen.ShowCursor(curx+w.X, cury+w.Y)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/screen/screen.go b/internal/screen/screen.go
index ec3fbdd0..cca9036d 100644
--- a/internal/screen/screen.go
+++ b/internal/screen/screen.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/zyedidia/micro/internal/config"
+	"github.com/zyedidia/micro/internal/util"
 	"github.com/zyedidia/tcell"
 )
 
@@ -31,6 +32,19 @@ func Redraw() {
 	DrawChan <- true
 }
 
+func ShowFakeCursor(x, y int) {
+	r, _, _, _ := Screen.GetContent(x, y)
+	Screen.SetContent(x, y, r, nil, config.DefStyle.Reverse(true))
+}
+
+func ShowCursor(x, y int) {
+	if util.FakeCursor {
+		ShowFakeCursor(x, y)
+	} else {
+		Screen.ShowCursor(x, y)
+	}
+}
+
 // TempFini shuts the screen down temporarily
 func TempFini() bool {
 	screenWasNil := Screen == nil
diff --git a/internal/util/util.go b/internal/util/util.go
index 92af3bce..9bc3f7e1 100644
--- a/internal/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/util/util.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ var (
 	CompileDate = "Unknown"
 	// Debug logging
 	Debug = "ON"
+	// FakeCursor is used to disable the terminal cursor and have micro
+	// draw its own (enabled for windows consoles where the cursor is slow)
+	FakeCursor = true
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -38,6 +42,10 @@ func init() {
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Invalid version: ", Version, err)
 	}
+
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		FakeCursor = true
+	}
 }
 
 // SliceEnd returns a byte slice where the index is a rune index