diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.cpp b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
index e1d0c6a574..103cefbb2f 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ Menu::Menu() :
     _faceshiftEyeDeflection(DEFAULT_FACESHIFT_EYE_DEFLECTION),
     _frustumDrawMode(FRUSTUM_DRAW_MODE_ALL),
     _viewFrustumOffset(DEFAULT_FRUSTUM_OFFSET),
+    _jsConsole(NULL),
     _octreeStatsDialog(NULL),
     _lodToolsDialog(NULL),
     _maxVoxels(DEFAULT_MAX_VOXELS_PER_SYSTEM),
@@ -222,6 +223,12 @@ Menu::Menu() :
     _chatWindow = new ChatWindow(Application::getInstance()->getWindow());
 #endif
 
+    addActionToQMenuAndActionHash(toolsMenu,
+            MenuOption::Console,
+            Qt::CTRL | Qt::Key_QuoteLeft,
+            this,
+            SLOT(showConsole()));
+
     QMenu* viewMenu = addMenu("View");
 
     addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(viewMenu,
@@ -1195,6 +1202,14 @@ void Menu::toggleChat() {
 #endif
 }
 
+void Menu::showConsole() {
+    QMainWindow* mainWindow = Application::getInstance()->getWindow();
+    if (!_jsConsole) {
+        _jsConsole = new JSConsole(mainWindow);
+    }
+    _jsConsole->setVisible(!_jsConsole->isVisible());
+}
+
 void Menu::audioMuteToggled() {
     QAction *muteAction = _actionHash.value(MenuOption::MuteAudio);
     muteAction->setChecked(Application::getInstance()->getAudio()->getMuted());
diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.h b/interface/src/Menu.h
index 230584bf07..b1d33e0a27 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.h
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "location/LocationManager.h"
 #include "ui/PreferencesDialog.h"
 #include "ui/ChatWindow.h"
+#include "ui/JSConsole.h"
 #include "ui/ScriptEditorWindow.h"
 
 const float ADJUST_LOD_DOWN_FPS = 40.0;
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ private slots:
     void showMetavoxelEditor();
     void showScriptEditor();
     void showChat();
+    void showConsole();
     void toggleChat();
     void audioMuteToggled();
     void namedLocationCreated(LocationManager::NamedLocationCreateResponse response);
@@ -241,6 +243,7 @@ private:
     QPointer<MetavoxelEditor> _MetavoxelEditor;
     QPointer<ScriptEditorWindow> _ScriptEditor;
     QPointer<ChatWindow> _chatWindow;
+    JSConsole* _jsConsole;
     OctreeStatsDialog* _octreeStatsDialog;
     LodToolsDialog* _lodToolsDialog;
     int _maxVoxels;
@@ -297,6 +300,7 @@ namespace MenuOption {
     const QString CollideWithParticles = "Collide With Particles";
     const QString CollideWithVoxels = "Collide With Voxels";
     const QString Collisions = "Collisions";
+    const QString Console = "Console...";
     const QString DecreaseAvatarSize = "Decrease Avatar Size";
     const QString DecreaseVoxelSize = "Decrease Voxel Size";
     const QString DisableAutoAdjustLOD = "Disable Automatically Adjusting LOD";