diff --git a/packages/embark-typings/src/embark.d.ts b/packages/embark-typings/src/embark.d.ts
index db10cfc0a..a1e413956 100644
--- a/packages/embark-typings/src/embark.d.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-typings/src/embark.d.ts
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ export interface Embark {
   logger: Logger;
   fs: any;
   config: Config;
+  currentContext: string[];
   registerActionForEvent(name: string, action: (callback: () => void) => void): void;
 }
diff --git a/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/console/index.ts b/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/console/index.ts
index 7721ff864..d5d51854a 100644
--- a/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/console/index.ts
+++ b/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/console/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const env = require("../../core/env");
 const utils = require("../../utils/utils");
 const escapeHtml = require("../../utils/escapeHtml");
 import { Callback } from "embark";
+import constants from "../../constants.json";
 const stringify = require("json-stringify-safe");
 import { waterfall } from "async";
 import { Embark, Events } from "embark";
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class Console {
   }
 
   private get isEmbarkConsole() {
-    return this.ipc.connected && this.ipc.isClient();
+    return this.ipc.connected && this.ipc.isClient() && this.embark.currentContext && this.embark.currentContext.includes(constants.contexts.console);
   }
 
   private cmdHistorySize() {
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index cabf85f35..06c44eab0 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "noEmit": true,
     "noImplicitThis": false,
     "strict": true,
-    "target": "ES2017"
+    "target": "ES2017",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true
   }
 }