diff --git a/source/net/filebot/cli/PseudoConsole.java b/source/net/filebot/cli/PseudoConsole.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6bca04b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/net/filebot/cli/PseudoConsole.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package net.filebot.cli;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.Console;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link Console} like class for when {@link System#console()} is not available in the current JVM
+ *
+ * @see Console
+ */
+public class PseudoConsole {
+
+	private final BufferedReader reader;
+	private final PrintWriter writer;
+
+	public PseudoConsole(InputStream in, PrintStream out, Charset cs) {
+		reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, cs));
+		writer = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out, cs), true);
+	}
+
+	public PrintWriter writer() {
+		return writer;
+	}
+
+	public Reader reader() {
+		return reader;
+	}
+
+	public PrintWriter format(String fmt, Object... args) {
+		return writer.format(fmt, args);
+	}
+
+	public PrintWriter printf(String format, Object... args) {
+		return writer.printf(format, args);
+	}
+
+	public String readLine(String fmt, Object... args) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	public String readLine() throws IOException {
+		return reader.readLine();
+	}
+
+	public char[] readPassword(String fmt, Object... args) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	public char[] readPassword() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	public void flush() {
+		writer.flush();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptShellBaseClass.java b/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptShellBaseClass.java
index c7136da9..b365d47a 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptShellBaseClass.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptShellBaseClass.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException;
 import groovy.lang.Script;
 import groovy.xml.MarkupBuilder;
 
-import java.io.Console;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileFilter;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.net.Socket;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.EnumMap;
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ public abstract class ScriptShellBaseClass extends Script {
 	}
 
 	// define global variable: console
-	public Console getConsole() {
-		return System.console();
+	public Object getConsole() {
+		return System.console() != null ? System.console() : new PseudoConsole(System.in, System.out, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 	}
 
 	public Date getNow() {