diff --git a/bin/cloudcmd.js b/bin/cloudcmd.js
index 8d4f6fd8..fbb7ee44 100755
--- a/bin/cloudcmd.js
+++ b/bin/cloudcmd.js
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ const args = require('minimist')(argv.slice(2), {
         root        : config('root') || '/',
         prefix      : config('prefix') || '',
         progress    : config('progress'),
-        console     : defaultTrue(config('console')),
+        console     : config('console'),
         
-        'config-dialog': defaultTrue(config('configDialog')),
+        'config-dialog': config('configDialog'),
         'one-panel-mode': config('onePanelMode'),
     },
     alias: {
@@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ if (args.version) {
         });
 }
 
-function defaultTrue(value) {
-    if (typeof value === 'undefined')
-        return true;
-    
-    return value;
-}
-
 function validateRoot(root) {
     const validate = require('../lib/server/validate');
     validate.root(root, console.log);
diff --git a/lib/cloudcmd.js b/lib/cloudcmd.js
index dd181fa6..349056bd 100644
--- a/lib/cloudcmd.js
+++ b/lib/cloudcmd.js
@@ -78,12 +78,22 @@ module.exports = function(params) {
         config(name, value);
     });
     
+    config('console', defaultTrue(options.console));
+    config('configDialog', defaultTrue(options.configDialog));
+    
     if (p.socket)
         listen(prefix, p.socket);
     
     return cloudcmd(prefix);
 };
 
+function defaultTrue(value) {
+    if (typeof value === 'undefined')
+        return true;
+    
+    return value;
+}
+
 function authCheck(socket, success) {
     if (!config('auth'))
         return success();
diff --git a/test/console.js b/test/console.js
index 712d4ae9..0e7d6bc3 100644
--- a/test/console.js
+++ b/test/console.js
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ const io = require('socket.io-client');
 
 const before = require('./before');
 
+test('cloudcmd: console: enabled by default', (t) => {
+    before({}, (port, after) => {
+        const socket = io(`http://localhost:${port}/console`)
+        
+        socket.once('data', (data) => {
+            socket.close();
+            t.equal(data, 'client #1 console connected\n', 'should emit data event');
+            after();
+            t.end();
+        });
+    });
+});
+
 test('cloudcmd: console: enabled', (t) => {
     const config = {console: true};
     
diff --git a/test/rest/config.js b/test/rest/config.js
index 249435e5..8b187f2d 100644
--- a/test/rest/config.js
+++ b/test/rest/config.js
@@ -99,3 +99,22 @@ test('cloudcmd: rest: config: patch: no configDialog: statusCode', (t) => {
     });
 });
 
+test('cloudcmd: rest: config: enabled by default', (t) => {
+    before({}, (port, after) => {
+        const json = {
+            auth: false,
+        };
+        
+        patch(`http://localhost:${port}/api/v1/config`, json)
+            .then(warp(_pullout, 'string'))
+            .then((result) => {
+                t.equal(result, 'config: ok("auth")', 'should patch config');
+                t.end();
+                after();
+            })
+            .catch((error) => {
+                console.log(error);
+            });
+    });
+});
+