diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 73c767dad2..0e2dce5f77 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,9 +184,12 @@ if (WIN32)
     if(MSVC)
         target_link_options(OrcaSlicer_app_gui PUBLIC "$<$<CONFIG:RELEASE>:/DEBUG>")
     endif()
-    target_compile_definitions(OrcaSlicer_app_gui PRIVATE -DSLIC3R_WRAPPER_NOCONSOLE)
+    target_compile_definitions(OrcaSlicer_app_gui PRIVATE "$<$<NOT:$<CONFIG:RelWithDebInfo>>:SLIC3R_WRAPPER_NOCONSOLE>")
     add_dependencies(OrcaSlicer_app_gui OrcaSlicer)
-    set_target_properties(OrcaSlicer_app_gui PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "orca-slicer")
+    set_target_properties(OrcaSlicer_app_gui PROPERTIES
+        OUTPUT_NAME "orca-slicer"
+        WIN32_EXECUTABLE "$<NOT:$<CONFIG:RelWithDebInfo>>"
+    )
     target_link_libraries(OrcaSlicer_app_gui PRIVATE boost_headeronly)
 endif ()
 
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b67d7ab50..93946ca477 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ endif ()
 encoding_check(libslic3r)
 
 target_compile_definitions(libslic3r PUBLIC -DUSE_TBB -DTBB_USE_CAPTURED_EXCEPTION=0)
+target_compile_definitions(libslic3r PRIVATE $<$<CONFIG:RelWithDebInfo>:SLIC3R_CONSOLE_LOG>)
 target_include_directories(libslic3r PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 target_include_directories(libslic3r SYSTEM PUBLIC ${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/Utils.hpp b/src/libslic3r/Utils.hpp
index f1bdd89712..fee9f2e5ac 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/Utils.hpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/Utils.hpp
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ std::string debug_out_path(const char *name, ...);
 // smaller level means less log. level=5 means saving all logs.
 void set_log_path_and_level(const std::string& file, unsigned int level);
 void flush_logs();
+void shutdown_console_logging();
 boost::filesystem::path get_log_file_name();
 
 // A special type for strings encoded in the local Windows 8-bit code page.
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/utils.cpp b/src/libslic3r/utils.cpp
index 42dcc14878..f3edb516ab 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/utils.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <locale>
 #include <ctime>
 #include <cstdarg>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <filesystem>
 
@@ -46,14 +47,19 @@
 #include <boost/log/core.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/trivial.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/expressions.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/sinks/async_frontend.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/sinks/text_file_backend.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/sinks/text_ostream_backend.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/utility/setup/file.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/utility/setup/common_attributes.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/sources/severity_logger.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/sources/record_ostream.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/support/date_time.hpp>
 
+#include <boost/core/null_deleter.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale.hpp>
+#include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
+#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
@@ -174,6 +180,7 @@ unsigned get_logging_level()
 }
 
 boost::shared_ptr<boost::log::sinks::synchronous_sink<boost::log::sinks::text_file_backend>> g_log_sink;
+boost::shared_ptr<boost::log::sinks::asynchronous_sink<boost::log::sinks::text_ostream_backend>> g_console_log_sink;
 
 // Force set_logging_level(<=error) after loading of the DLL.
 // This is currently only needed if libslic3r is loaded as a shared library into Perl interpreter
@@ -346,6 +353,19 @@ namespace src = boost::log::sources;
 namespace expr = boost::log::expressions;
 namespace keywords = boost::log::keywords;
 namespace attrs = boost::log::attributes;
+namespace sinks = boost::log::sinks;
+
+void shutdown_console_logging()
+{
+	if (!g_console_log_sink)
+		return;
+
+	auto console_sink = g_console_log_sink;
+	boost::log::core::get()->remove_sink(console_sink);
+	console_sink->stop();
+	g_console_log_sink.reset();
+}
+
 void set_log_path_and_level(const std::string& file, unsigned int level)
 {
 #ifdef __APPLE__
@@ -377,6 +397,24 @@ void set_log_path_and_level(const std::string& file, unsigned int level)
 		keywords::auto_flush = true
 	);
 
+	shutdown_console_logging();
+
+#ifdef SLIC3R_CONSOLE_LOG
+	auto console_backend = boost::make_shared<sinks::text_ostream_backend>();
+	console_backend->add_stream(boost::shared_ptr<std::ostream>(&std::cout, boost::null_deleter()));
+	console_backend->auto_flush(true);
+
+	g_console_log_sink = boost::make_shared<sinks::asynchronous_sink<sinks::text_ostream_backend>>(console_backend);
+	g_console_log_sink->set_formatter(
+		expr::stream
+		<< "[" << expr::attr< logging::trivial::severity_level >("Severity") << "]\t"
+		<< expr::format_date_time< boost::posix_time::ptime >("TimeStamp", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f") << " "
+		<<"[Thread " << expr::attr<attrs::current_thread_id::value_type>("ThreadID") << "]"
+		<< ": " << expr::smessage
+	);
+	boost::log::core::get()->add_sink(g_console_log_sink);
+#endif
+
 	logging::add_common_attributes();
 
 	set_logging_level(level);
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
index fde56fe39e..fb9aeb339e 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
@@ -2261,6 +2261,7 @@ GUI_App::~GUI_App()
 
 
     BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(info) << __FUNCTION__<< boost::format(": exit");
+    shutdown_console_logging();
 }
 
 bool GUI_App::is_blocking_printing(MachineObject *obj_)