diff --git a/src/d_main.cpp b/src/d_main.cpp
index f0f42a9fc3..869dce80b8 100644
--- a/src/d_main.cpp
+++ b/src/d_main.cpp
@@ -2284,6 +2284,8 @@ void D_DoomMain (void)
 	int argcount;	
 	FIWadManager *iwad_man;
 	const char *batchout = Args->CheckValue("-errorlog");
+	
+	C_InitConsole(80*8, 25*8, false);
 
 	// +logfile gets checked too late to catch the full startup log in the logfile so do some extra check for it here.
 	FString logfile = Args->TakeValue("+logfile");
diff --git a/src/posix/cocoa/i_main.mm b/src/posix/cocoa/i_main.mm
index 90e03267f9..bcf1088a54 100644
--- a/src/posix/cocoa/i_main.mm
+++ b/src/posix/cocoa/i_main.mm
@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@ void OriginalMainTry(int argc, char** argv)
 	progdir = [[exePath stringByDeletingLastPathComponent] UTF8String];
 	progdir += "/";
 
-	C_InitConsole(80 * 8, 25 * 8, false);
-	
 	I_DetectOS();
 	D_DoomMain();
 }
diff --git a/src/posix/sdl/i_main.cpp b/src/posix/sdl/i_main.cpp
index d5a5c68b18..9de36729e3 100644
--- a/src/posix/sdl/i_main.cpp
+++ b/src/posix/sdl/i_main.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 
 		I_StartupJoysticks();
-		C_InitConsole (80*8, 25*8, false);
 		D_DoomMain ();
     }
     catch (std::exception &error)
diff --git a/src/win32/i_main.cpp b/src/win32/i_main.cpp
index e8c55f0434..da686e53fb 100644
--- a/src/win32/i_main.cpp
+++ b/src/win32/i_main.cpp
@@ -978,9 +978,7 @@ void DoMain (HINSTANCE hInstance)
 
 		CoInitialize (NULL);
 		atexit (UnCOM);
-
-		C_InitConsole (((WinWidth / 8) + 2) * 8, (WinHeight / 12) * 8, false);
-
+		
 		I_DetectOS ();
 		D_DoomMain ();
 	}