diff --git a/src/skel/glfw/glfw.cpp b/src/skel/glfw/glfw.cpp
index baed9000..3a958f1a 100644
--- a/src/skel/glfw/glfw.cpp
+++ b/src/skel/glfw/glfw.cpp
@@ -1476,7 +1476,9 @@ 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 86b0b214..041cc6c1 100644
--- a/src/skel/win/win.cpp
+++ b/src/skel/win/win.cpp
@@ -2021,7 +2021,9 @@ WinMain(HINSTANCE instance,
 	SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, nil, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
 
 #ifndef MASTER
+#ifndef DEBUG
 	if (strstr(cmdLine, "-console"))
+#endif
 	{
 		AllocConsole();
 		freopen("CONIN$", "r", stdin);