diff --git a/cmd/cmd_controller.js b/cmd/cmd_controller.js
index beef7db0c..143fa2502 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_controller.js
+++ b/cmd/cmd_controller.js
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class EmbarkController {
             plugins: engine.plugins,
             version: engine.version,
             events: engine.events,
+            logger: engine.logger,
             ipc: engine.ipc
           }).startConsole();
           return callback();
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@ class EmbarkController {
           plugins: engine.plugins,
           version: engine.version,
           events: engine.events,
+          logger: engine.logger,
           ipc: engine.ipc
         });
         repl.start(callback);
diff --git a/cmd/dashboard/console.js b/cmd/dashboard/console.js
index 2ef31d290..6496ba207 100644
--- a/cmd/dashboard/console.js
+++ b/cmd/dashboard/console.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class Console {
     this.events = options.events;
     this.plugins = options.plugins;
     this.version = options.version;
+    this.logger = options.logger;
     this.ipc = options.ipc;
 
     if (this.ipc.isServer()) {
@@ -38,7 +39,13 @@ class Console {
     var pluginCmds = this.plugins.getPluginsProperty('console', 'console');
     for (let pluginCmd of pluginCmds) {
       let pluginResult = pluginCmd.call(this, cmd, {});
-      if (pluginResult.match()) {
+      if(typeof pluginResult !== 'object'){
+        if (pluginResult !== false && pluginResult !== 'false' && pluginResult !== undefined) {
+          this.logger.warn("[DEPRECATED] In future versions of embark, we expect the console command to return an object " +
+            "having 2 functions: match and process.");
+          return callback(null, pluginResult);
+        }
+      } else if (pluginResult.match()) {
         return pluginResult.process(callback);
       }
     }
diff --git a/cmd/dashboard/dashboard.js b/cmd/dashboard/dashboard.js
index d1727f7d1..107ebb979 100644
--- a/cmd/dashboard/dashboard.js
+++ b/cmd/dashboard/dashboard.js
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ class Dashboard {
           events: self.events,
           plugins: self.plugins,
           version: self.version,
-          ipc: self.ipc
+          ipc: self.ipc,
+          logger: self.logger
         });
         callback();
       },
diff --git a/cmd/dashboard/repl.js b/cmd/dashboard/repl.js
index 1951c4f13..0432943b8 100644
--- a/cmd/dashboard/repl.js
+++ b/cmd/dashboard/repl.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const Console = require('./console.js');
 
 class REPL {
   constructor(options) {
+    this.logger = options.logger;
     this.env = options.env;
     this.plugins = options.plugins;
     this.events = options.events;
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ class REPL {
       events: this.events,
       plugins: this.plugins,
       version: this.version,
-      ipc: this.ipc
+      ipc: this.ipc,
+      logger: this.logger
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/webserver/index.js b/lib/modules/webserver/index.js
index 8c0ac7eab..cfd5d7baf 100644
--- a/lib/modules/webserver/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/webserver/index.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class WebServer {
       return {
         match: () => cmd === "webserver start",
         process: (callback) => self.events.request("start-webserver", callback)
-      }
+      };
     });
 
     self.embark.registerConsoleCommand((cmd, _options) => {