diff --git a/source/net/filebot/cli/PseudoConsole.java b/source/net/filebot/cli/PseudoConsole.java
index 6bca04b1..8f09b23c 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/cli/PseudoConsole.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/cli/PseudoConsole.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 /**
  * A {@link Console} like class for when {@link System#console()} is not available in the current JVM
@@ -18,6 +19,15 @@ import java.nio.charset.Charset;
  */
 public class PseudoConsole {
 
+	private static PseudoConsole STDIO;
+
+	public static synchronized PseudoConsole getSystemConsole() {
+		if (STDIO == null) {
+			STDIO = new PseudoConsole(System.in, System.out, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		}
+		return STDIO;
+	}
+
 	private final BufferedReader reader;
 	private final PrintWriter writer;
 
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptShellBaseClass.java b/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptShellBaseClass.java
index b3955668..9581d461 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptShellBaseClass.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptShellBaseClass.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ 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;
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ public abstract class ScriptShellBaseClass extends Script {
 
 	// define global variable: console
 	public Object getConsole() {
-		return System.console() != null ? System.console() : new PseudoConsole(System.in, System.out, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		return System.console() != null ? System.console() : PseudoConsole.getSystemConsole();
 	}
 
 	public Date getNow() {