diff --git a/src/skel/glfw/glfw.cpp b/src/skel/glfw/glfw.cpp
index ce8da817..941a2a7b 100644
--- a/src/skel/glfw/glfw.cpp
+++ b/src/skel/glfw/glfw.cpp
@@ -1508,7 +1508,9 @@ WinMain(HINSTANCE instance,
 	SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, nil, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
 
 #ifndef MASTER
+#ifndef DEBUG
 	if (strstr(cmdLine, "-console"))
+#endif
 	{
 		AllocConsole();
 		freopen("CONIN$", "r", stdin);
diff --git a/src/skel/win/win.cpp b/src/skel/win/win.cpp
index 89c901b2..5cbc9ba0 100644
--- a/src/skel/win/win.cpp
+++ b/src/skel/win/win.cpp
@@ -2019,7 +2019,9 @@ WinMain(HINSTANCE instance,
 	SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, nil, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
 
 #ifndef MASTER
+#ifndef DEBUG
 	if (strstr(cmdLine, "-console"))
+#endif
 	{
 		AllocConsole();
 		freopen("CONIN$", "r", stdin);