diff --git a/src/ConfigFile.cc b/src/ConfigFile.cc
index aa737b61b664d4eb3f4a2f1ff41d8796f8667013..c0b90be6d1bc81b0f95f1698ac79473c771f513c 100644
--- a/src/ConfigFile.cc
+++ b/src/ConfigFile.cc
@@ -749,6 +749,7 @@ ConfigFile::writeCluster(ostream &output) const
 
   if (parallel_slave_open_mode)
     output << "options_.parallel_info.leaveSlaveOpen = 1;" << endl;
+  output << "options_.parallel_info.console_mode= isoctave;" << endl;
 
   output << "InitializeComputationalEnvironment();" << endl;
   if (parallel_test)