diff --git a/src/client/component/console/terminal.cpp b/src/client/component/console/terminal.cpp
index ea0e8616..414b2c1d 100644
--- a/src/client/component/console/terminal.cpp
+++ b/src/client/component/console/terminal.cpp
@@ -342,9 +342,7 @@ namespace terminal
 		component()
 		{
 			printf_hook.create(printf, printf_stub);
-
-			if (!game::environment::is_dedi())
-				ShowWindow(GetConsoleWindow(), SW_HIDE);
+			ShowWindow(GetConsoleWindow(), SW_SHOW);
 		}
 
 		void post_unpack() override
diff --git a/src/client/component/console/wincon.cpp b/src/client/component/console/wincon.cpp
index ab6ec589..33347bf9 100644
--- a/src/client/component/console/wincon.cpp
+++ b/src/client/component/console/wincon.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ namespace wincon
 	class component final : public component_interface
 	{
 	public:
+		component()
+		{
+			ShowWindow(GetConsoleWindow(), SW_SHOW);
+		}
+
 		void post_start() override
 		{
 			const auto handle = CreateThread(0, 0, wincon::console, 0, 0, 0);
diff --git a/src/client/component/updater.cpp b/src/client/component/updater.cpp
index 91bfee37..7eb1748f 100644
--- a/src/client/component/updater.cpp
+++ b/src/client/component/updater.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <utils/string.hpp>
 #include <utils/properties.hpp>
 #include <utils/cryptography.hpp>
+#include <utils/flags.hpp>
 
 #define FILES_PATH "files.json"
 #define FILES_PATH_DEV "files-dev.json"
@@ -262,7 +263,9 @@ namespace updater
 		{
 			return std::thread([=]
 			{
+				console::info("[Updater] Downloading file \"%s\"\n", file.name.data());
 				const auto data = download_data_file(file.name);
+
 				if (!data.has_value())
 				{
 					console::error("[Updater] File failed to download \"%s\"\n", file.name.data());
@@ -349,7 +352,6 @@ namespace updater
 					});
 				};
 
-				console::info("[Updater] Creating thread for file \"%s\"\n", file.name.data());
 				download_threads.emplace_back(create_file_thread(file, cb));
 			}
 
@@ -385,7 +387,7 @@ namespace updater
 						console::error("[Updater] Failed to write file \"%s\", aborting update\n", file.name.data());
 						download_failed = true;
 						return;
-					} 
+					}
 					
 					if (is_binary_name(file.name))
 					{
@@ -396,8 +398,12 @@ namespace updater
 
 			if (!download_failed && is_binary_modified)
 			{
-				console::info("[Updater] Restarting\n");
-				utils::nt::relaunch_self();
+				if (!utils::flags::has_flag("update-only"))
+				{
+					console::info("[Updater] Restarting\n");
+					utils::nt::relaunch_self();
+				}
+
 				utils::nt::terminate();
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/common/utils/nt.cpp b/src/common/utils/nt.cpp
index 93993c2a..fdb643d9 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/nt.cpp
+++ b/src/common/utils/nt.cpp
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ namespace utils::nt
 		GetCurrentDirectoryA(sizeof(current_dir), current_dir);
 		auto* const command_line = GetCommandLineA();
 
-		CreateProcessA(self.get_path().data(), command_line, nullptr, nullptr, false, NULL, nullptr, current_dir,
-			&startup_info, &process_info);
+		CreateProcessA(self.get_path().data(), command_line, nullptr, nullptr, false,
+			CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, nullptr, current_dir, &startup_info, &process_info);
 
 		if (process_info.hThread && process_info.hThread != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) CloseHandle(process_info.hThread);
 		if (process_info.hProcess && process_info.hProcess != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) CloseHandle(process_info.hProcess);