diff --git a/console/index.html b/console/index.html
index 1d088cf01d..45205985ab 100644
--- a/console/index.html
+++ b/console/index.html
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
           <button class="power-on">Turn On</button>
           <button class="power-off">Turn Off</button>
           <a href="http://localhost:40100/" target="_blank">Settings</a>
+          <a id="open-logs" href="#">Open log directory</a>
         </div>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/console/index.js b/console/index.js
index aa12a07370..8f6fa239f1 100755
--- a/console/index.js
+++ b/console/index.js
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ ready = function() {
     $('#server .power-off').click(function() {
         ipcRenderer.send('stop-server', { name: 'home' });
     });
+    $('#open-logs').click(function() {
+        ipcRenderer.send('open-logs');
+    });
 
     ipcRenderer.on('process-update', onProcessUpdate);
 
diff --git a/console/main.js b/console/main.js
index 6655f8a15f..7cc0e6090a 100644
--- a/console/main.js
+++ b/console/main.js
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ var BrowserWindow = require('browser-window');  // Module to create native brows
 var Menu = require('menu');
 var Tray = require('tray');
 var shell = require('shell');
+var os = require('os');
+var childProcess = require('child_process');
+var path = require('path');
 
 var hfprocess = require('./modules/hf-process.js');
 var Process = hfprocess.Process;
@@ -43,6 +46,17 @@ if (argv.localDebugBuilds || argv.localReleaseBuilds) {
     acPath = pathFinder.discoveredPath("assignment-client", argv.localReleaseBuilds);
 }
 
+function openFileBrowser(path) {
+    var type = os.type();
+    if (type == "Windows_NT") {
+        childProcess.exec('start ' + path);
+    } else if (type == "Darwin") {
+        childProcess.exec('open ' + path);
+    } else if (type == "Linux") {
+        childProcess.exec('xdg-open ' + path);
+    }
+}
+
 // if at this point any of the paths are null, we're missing something we wanted to find
 // TODO: show an error for the binaries that couldn't be found
 
@@ -82,17 +96,14 @@ app.on('ready', function() {
         shell.openExternal(url);
     });
 
+    var logPath = path.join(app.getAppPath(), 'logs');
+
     if (interfacePath && dsPath && acPath) {
         var pInterface = new Process('interface', interfacePath);
 
         var homeServer = new ProcessGroup('home', [
             new Process('domain_server', dsPath),
-            new Process('ac_audio', acPath, ['-t0']),
-            new Process('ac_avatar', acPath, ['-t1']),
-            new Process('ac_agent', acPath, ['-t2']),
-            new Process('ac_asset', acPath, ['-t3']),
-            new Process('ac_messages', acPath, ['-t4']),
-            new Process('ac_entity', acPath, ['-t6'])
+            new Process('ac_monitor', acPath, ['-n6', '--log-directory', logPath])
         ]);
         homeServer.start();
 
@@ -125,6 +136,9 @@ app.on('ready', function() {
             homeServer.stop();
             sendProcessUpdate();
         });
+        ipcMain.on('open-logs', function(event, arg) {
+            openFileBrowser(logPath);
+        });
         ipcMain.on('update', sendProcessUpdate);
 
         sendProcessUpdate();