diff --git a/scripts/start-server.ps1 b/scripts/start-server.ps1
index a4d4bde..d00a27f 100644
--- a/scripts/start-server.ps1
+++ b/scripts/start-server.ps1
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ param(
 )
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+# Go 进程输出 UTF-8。不显式设定的话，中文日志会按控制台的 ANSI 代码页（简中为
+# GBK）解码，显示成乱码——见 #48 启动日志。
+try { [Console]::OutputEncoding = [Text.Encoding]::UTF8 } catch { }
 $workspaceRoot = Split-Path -Parent $PSScriptRoot
 $serverDirectory = Join-Path $workspaceRoot "server"
 $migrationLog = Join-Path $serverDirectory "temp\startup-migration.log"
diff --git a/scripts/start-web.ps1 b/scripts/start-web.ps1
index 1ba794f..f5470cc 100644
--- a/scripts/start-web.ps1
+++ b/scripts/start-web.ps1
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ param(
 )
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+# Go 进程输出 UTF-8。不显式设定的话，中文日志会按控制台的 ANSI 代码页（简中为
+# GBK）解码，显示成乱码——见 #48 启动日志。
+try { [Console]::OutputEncoding = [Text.Encoding]::UTF8 } catch { }
 $workspaceRoot = Split-Path -Parent $PSScriptRoot
 $webDirectory = Join-Path $workspaceRoot "web"
 
diff --git a/server/config/local.go b/server/config/local.go
index 45b33f8..40d4b94 100644
--- a/server/config/local.go
+++ b/server/config/local.go
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	sdkconfig "github.com/go-admin-team/go-admin-core/sdk/config"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ func LocalConfigPath() string {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(LocalConfigName); err == nil {
 		return LocalConfigName
 	}
+	// One level up. The server is normally started from server/ while
+	// config.yaml lives at the repository root, so without this the file is
+	// found only when a launcher happens to export GOAUTO_CONFIG — and a
+	// developer running `go run .` by hand gets no local configuration at all.
+	parent := filepath.Join("..", LocalConfigName)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(parent); err == nil {
+		return parent
+	}
 	// Next to the executable, so double-clicking a packaged binary works no
 	// matter what the working directory happens to be.
 	if executable, err := os.Executable(); err == nil {
@@ -72,23 +80,23 @@ func ApplyLocalConfig() {
 		// `[必须]` Say so out loud. Silently doing nothing here surfaces much
 		// later as a puzzling "credential not configured" error that never
 		// mentions the file the operator actually edited.
-		log.Printf("本地配置：未找到 %s（依次查找 GOAUTO_CONFIG、当前目录、可执行文件同级目录），仅使用 settings.yml 和环境变量", LocalConfigName)
+		logInfo("本地配置：未找到 %s（依次查找 GOAUTO_CONFIG、当前目录、上级目录、可执行文件同级目录），仅使用 settings.yml 和环境变量", LocalConfigName)
 		return
 	}
 	raw, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "读取本地配置 %s 失败，已忽略: %v\n", path, err)
+		logInfo("本地配置：读取 %s 失败，已忽略: %v", path, err)
 		return
 	}
 	var file localFile
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(raw, &file); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "解析本地配置 %s 失败，已忽略: %v\n", path, err)
+		logInfo("本地配置：解析 %s 失败，已忽略: %v", path, err)
 		return
 	}
 	applyLocalDatabase(file.Database)
 	applyLocalPorts(file.Ports)
 	ApplyLocalSYB(file.SYB)
-	log.Printf("本地配置：已加载 %s", path)
+	logInfo("本地配置：已加载 %s", path)
 }
 
 // LogEffectiveConfig prints what the layered configuration actually resolved
@@ -105,7 +113,7 @@ func LogEffectiveConfig() {
 	case syb.HasCredentials():
 		source = LocalConfigName
 	}
-	log.Printf("顺云宝配置：凭据=%v（来源：%s）base_url=%s 验证码识别=%v",
+	logInfo("顺云宝配置：凭据=%v（来源：%s）base_url=%s 验证码识别=%v",
 		syb.HasCredentials(), source, syb.BaseURL, syb.OcrURL != "")
 }
 
@@ -169,6 +177,16 @@ func ApplyLocalSYB(syb map[string]any) {
 	}
 }
 
+// logInfo writes an informational startup line to stdout.
+//
+// `[必须]` Not stderr. The development launcher pipes the server through
+// `2>&1 | Tee-Object`, which turns every stderr write into a PowerShell
+// NativeCommandError — informational lines would show up as a red error block
+// and look like a failed startup.
+func logInfo(format string, args ...any) {
+	fmt.Printf(time.Now().Format("2006/01/02 15:04:05")+" "+format+"\n", args...)
+}
+
 // scalar renders one YAML value as a string regardless of how YAML typed it.
 //
 // `[必须]` Floats are formatted without an exponent and without a trailing
diff --git a/server/config/local_test.go b/server/config/local_test.go
index a002aeb..e112691 100644
--- a/server/config/local_test.go
+++ b/server/config/local_test.go
@@ -218,3 +218,55 @@ func TestLocalConfigPathPrefersExplicitEnvOverCwd(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("GOAUTO_CONFIG 应优先于其它位置: %q", got)
 	}
 }
+
+// 服务端通常从 server/ 启动，而 config.yaml 在仓库根。没有这条上级目录查找，
+// 手工跑 `go run .` 就完全读不到本地配置——启动脚本导出 GOAUTO_CONFIG 只是
+// 恰好掩盖了这一点。
+func TestLocalConfigPathFindsFileInParentDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	restoreConfigState(t)
+	t.Setenv("GOAUTO_CONFIG", "")
+
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(root, LocalConfigName),
+		[]byte("syb:\n  username: operator\n  password: \"654321\"\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("写配置失败: %v", err)
+	}
+	child := filepath.Join(root, "server")
+	if err := os.Mkdir(child, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("建目录失败: %v", err)
+	}
+	previous, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("取工作目录失败: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.Chdir(child); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("切目录失败: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { os.Chdir(previous) })
+
+	ApplyLocalConfig()
+	if !ExtConfig.SYB.HasCredentials() {
+		t.Fatal("从 server/ 启动时应能在上级目录找到 config.yaml")
+	}
+}
+
+// 当前目录优先于上级目录。
+func TestLocalConfigPathPrefersCwdOverParent(t *testing.T) {
+	restoreConfigState(t)
+	t.Setenv("GOAUTO_CONFIG", "")
+
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(root, LocalConfigName), []byte("syb:\n  username: parent\n  password: \"1\"\n"), 0o600)
+	child := filepath.Join(root, "server")
+	os.Mkdir(child, 0o755)
+	os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(child, LocalConfigName), []byte("syb:\n  username: cwd\n  password: \"1\"\n"), 0o600)
+
+	previous, _ := os.Getwd()
+	os.Chdir(child)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { os.Chdir(previous) })
+
+	ApplyLocalConfig()
+	if ExtConfig.SYB.Username != "cwd" {
+		t.Fatalf("当前目录应优先: %q", ExtConfig.SYB.Username)
+	}
+}