diff --git a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
index 8d7d85b50b..5bd9944f63 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ import { setupTerminalAndTheme } from './utils/terminalTheme.js';
 import { runDeferredCommand } from './deferred.js';
 import { cleanupBackgroundLogs } from './utils/logCleanup.js';
 import { SlashCommandConflictHandler } from './services/SlashCommandConflictHandler.js';
-import { initializeConsoleStore } from './ui/hooks/useConsoleMessages.js';
 
 export function validateDnsResolutionOrder(
   order: string | undefined,
@@ -294,7 +293,6 @@ export async function main() {
     process.exit(ExitCodes.FATAL_INPUT_ERROR);
   }
 
-  initializeConsoleStore();
   const isDebugMode = cliConfig.isDebugMode(argv);
   const consolePatcher = new ConsolePatcher({
     stderr: true,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/interactiveCli.tsx b/packages/cli/src/interactiveCli.tsx
index a6337ef29c..2e0cd25619 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/interactiveCli.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/interactiveCli.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import { TerminalProvider } from './ui/contexts/TerminalContext.js';
 import { isAlternateBufferEnabled } from './ui/hooks/useAlternateBuffer.js';
 import { OverflowProvider } from './ui/contexts/OverflowContext.js';
 import { profiler } from './ui/components/DebugProfiler.js';
+import { initializeConsoleStore } from './ui/hooks/useConsoleMessages.js';
 
 const SLOW_RENDER_MS = 200;
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export async function startInteractiveUI(
   resumedSessionData: ResumedSessionData | undefined,
   initializationResult: InitializationResult,
 ) {
+  initializeConsoleStore();
   // Never enter Ink alternate buffer mode when screen reader mode is enabled
   // as there is no benefit of alternate buffer mode when using a screen reader
   // and the Ink alternate buffer mode requires line wrapping harmful to