diff --git a/ng/onetcl.cpp b/ng/onetcl.cpp
index bb98f97f..c128bcb7 100644
--- a/ng/onetcl.cpp
+++ b/ng/onetcl.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <mydefs.hpp>
 DLL_HEADER const char * ngscript[] = {""
+,"catch {console hide }\n"
 ,"catch {lappend auto_path $env(NETGENDIR) }\n"
 ,"catch {lappend auto_path $env(NETGENDIR)/../lib }\n"
 ,"if {[catch {Ng_GetCommandLineParameter batchmode} result ]} {\n"