diff --git a/ion/Makefile b/ion/Makefile
index c49f13277..0e9555cff 100644
--- a/ion/Makefile
+++ b/ion/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ initializer_list = $(shell echo $(1) | sed  "s/\(.\)/'\1',/g")0
 $(call object_for,ion/src/shared/platform_info.cpp): SFLAGS += -DPATCH_LEVEL="$(call initializer_list,$(PATCH_LEVEL))" -DEPSILON_VERSION="$(call initializer_list,$(EPSILON_VERSION))"
 
 ion_src += $(addprefix ion/src/shared/, \
-  console_display.cpp:+consoledisplay \
   console_line.cpp \
   crc32_eat_byte.cpp \
   decompress.cpp \
diff --git a/ion/src/device/shared/drivers/Makefile b/ion/src/device/shared/drivers/Makefile
index a73470f0e..d099cca35 100644
--- a/ion/src/device/shared/drivers/Makefile
+++ b/ion/src/device/shared/drivers/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ ion_device_src += $(addprefix ion/src/device/shared/drivers/, \
   board.cpp \
   clipboard.cpp \
   console_uart.cpp:+consoleuart \
+  console_display.cpp:+consoledisplay \
+  console_dummy.cpp:-consoledisplay \
   console_dummy.cpp:-consoleuart \
   crc32.cpp \
   display.cpp \
diff --git a/ion/src/device/shared/drivers/console_display.cpp b/ion/src/device/shared/drivers/console_display.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b85227bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ion/src/device/shared/drivers/console_display.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#include "console.h"
+#include <ion/console.h>
+#include <kandinsky/ion_context.h>
+
+namespace Ion {
+namespace Console {
+
+char readChar() {
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void writeChar(char c) {
+  KDIonContext::putchar(c);
+}
+
+bool transmissionDone() {
+  return true;
+}
+
+}
+}
+
+namespace Ion {
+namespace Device {
+namespace Console {
+
+void init() {
+}
+
+void shutdown() {
+}
+
+bool peerConnected() {
+  return false;
+}
+
+}
+}
+}
diff --git a/ion/src/device/shared/drivers/console_dummy.cpp b/ion/src/device/shared/drivers/console_dummy.cpp
index 9ed1718f5..bc7eccd22 100644
--- a/ion/src/device/shared/drivers/console_dummy.cpp
+++ b/ion/src/device/shared/drivers/console_dummy.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 #include "console.h"
+#include <ion/console.h>
+
+namespace Ion {
+namespace Console {
+
+char readChar() {
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void writeChar(char c) {
+}
+
+bool transmissionDone() {
+  return true;
+}
+
+}
+}
 
 namespace Ion {
 namespace Device {
diff --git a/ion/src/shared/console_display.cpp b/ion/src/shared/console_display.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 8be425eb9..000000000
--- a/ion/src/shared/console_display.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#include <ion/console.h>
-#include <kandinsky.h>
-#include <ion/display.h>
-
-namespace Ion {
-namespace Console {
-
-char readChar() {
-  return '\0';
-}
-
-static KDPoint cursor = KDPointZero;
-
-void writeChar(char c) {
-  char text[2] = {c, 0};
-  KDContext * ctx = KDIonContext::sharedContext();
-  cursor = ctx->drawString(text, cursor);
-  if (cursor.y() > Ion::Display::Height) {
-    cursor = KDPoint(cursor.x(), 0);
-  }
-}
-
-bool transmissionDone() {
-  // Always true because we flush after each writeChar
-  return true;
-}
-
-}
-}
diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/shared/console.cpp b/ion/src/simulator/shared/console.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36b4a8f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ion/src/simulator/shared/console.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include <ion/console.h>
+#include "window.h"
+#include <kandinsky/ion_context.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+namespace Ion {
+namespace Console {
+
+char readChar() {
+  if (Simulator::Window::isHeadless()) {
+    return getchar();
+  } else {
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
+
+void writeChar(char c) {
+  if (Simulator::Window::isHeadless()) {
+    putchar(c);
+    fflush(stdout);
+  } else {
+    KDIonContext::putchar(c);
+  }
+}
+
+bool transmissionDone() {
+  return true;
+}
+
+}
+}
diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/shared/console_stdio.cpp b/ion/src/simulator/shared/console_stdio.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e77659f71..000000000
--- a/ion/src/simulator/shared/console_stdio.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#include <ion/console.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-namespace Ion {
-namespace Console {
-
-char readChar() {
-  return getchar();
-}
-
-void writeChar(char c) {
-  putchar(c);
-  fflush(stdout);
-}
-
-bool transmissionDone() {
-  // Always true because we flush after each writeChar
-  return true;
-}
-
-}
-}
diff --git a/kandinsky/include/kandinsky/ion_context.h b/kandinsky/include/kandinsky/ion_context.h
index 42eb738ad..b367a557a 100644
--- a/kandinsky/include/kandinsky/ion_context.h
+++ b/kandinsky/include/kandinsky/ion_context.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 class KDIonContext : public KDContext {
 public:
   static KDIonContext * sharedContext();
+  static void putchar(char c);
 private:
   KDIonContext();
   void pushRect(KDRect rect, const KDColor * pixels) override;
diff --git a/kandinsky/src/ion_context.cpp b/kandinsky/src/ion_context.cpp
index ee7fcb5af..e1eb73c14 100644
--- a/kandinsky/src/ion_context.cpp
+++ b/kandinsky/src/ion_context.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include <kandinsky/ion_context.h>
-#include <ion.h>
+#include <ion/display.h>
 
 KDIonContext * KDIonContext::sharedContext() {
   static KDIonContext context;
@@ -23,3 +23,12 @@ void KDIonContext::pushRectUniform(KDRect rect, KDColor color) {
 void KDIonContext::pullRect(KDRect rect, KDColor * pixels) {
   Ion::Display::pullRect(rect, pixels);
 }
+
+void KDIonContext::putchar(char c) {
+  static KDPoint cursor = KDPointZero;
+  char text[2] = {c, 0};
+  cursor = sharedContext()->drawString(text, cursor);
+  if (cursor.y() > Ion::Display::Height) {
+    cursor = KDPoint(cursor.x(), 0);
+  }
+}