diff --git a/src/skel/glfw/glfw.cpp b/src/skel/glfw/glfw.cpp
index 617fee18..c4a3cad1 100644
--- a/src/skel/glfw/glfw.cpp
+++ b/src/skel/glfw/glfw.cpp
@@ -1453,12 +1453,14 @@ WinMain(HINSTANCE instance,
 	RwChar** argv;
 	SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, nil, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
 
-#if 0
-	// TODO: make this an option somewhere
-	AllocConsole();
-	freopen("CONIN$", "r", stdin);
-	freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
-	freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stderr);
+#ifndef MASTER
+	if (strstr(cmdLine, "-console"))
+	{
+		AllocConsole();
+		freopen("CONIN$", "r", stdin);
+		freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
+		freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stderr);
+	}
 #endif
 
 #else
diff --git a/src/skel/win/win.cpp b/src/skel/win/win.cpp
index b4897d67..4dc8c3f0 100644
--- a/src/skel/win/win.cpp
+++ b/src/skel/win/win.cpp
@@ -2011,16 +2011,18 @@ WinMain(HINSTANCE instance,
 	RwChar **argv;
 	SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, nil, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
 
-#ifdef USE_CUSTOM_ALLOCATOR
-	InitMemoryMgr();
+#ifndef MASTER
+	if (strstr(cmdLine, "-console"))
+	{
+		AllocConsole();
+		freopen("CONIN$", "r", stdin);
+		freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
+		freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stderr);
+	}
 #endif
 
-#if 1
-	// TODO: make this an option somewhere
-	AllocConsole();
-	freopen("CONIN$", "r", stdin);
-	freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
-	freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stderr);
+#ifdef USE_CUSTOM_ALLOCATOR
+	InitMemoryMgr();
 #endif
 
 	/*