diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.pri b/qgroundcontrol.pri
index 008cf159938adb1d3a68f0850e9664b28469c4e8..0e88652df41cfc8fcf14869218a13daf4d620c6c 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.pri
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.pri
@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ win32-g++ {
     message(Building for Windows Platform (32bit))
 
     # Special settings for debug
-    #CONFIG += CONSOLE
+    CONFIG += CONSOLE
+    OUTPUT += CONSOLE
 
     INCLUDEPATH += $$BASEDIR/lib/sdl/include \
                    $$BASEDIR/lib/opal/include #\ #\
diff --git a/src/Core.cc b/src/Core.cc
index d5846985218c373f6b75a72cdc0730b284a81f47..38a37b93bb6ca8d4d9c2c3869b261d9f5aa062d5 100644
--- a/src/Core.cc
+++ b/src/Core.cc
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ This file is part of the QGROUNDCONTROL project
  * @param argv The string array of parameters
  **/
 
+
 Core::Core(int &argc, char* argv[]) : QApplication(argc, argv)
 {
+
+
     // Set application name
     this->setApplicationName(QGC_APPLICATION_NAME);
     this->setApplicationVersion(QGC_APPLICATION_VERSION);
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index a27a8d303027496e62beeebacdf9656dc420cce9..ba6d1af2df48400edd6b96cafd3f3ec17626ab62 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ This file is part of the QGROUNDCONTROL project
   #undef main
 #endif
 
+
+// Install a message handler so you do not need
+// the MSFT debug tools installed to se
+// qDebug(), qWarning(), qCritical and qAbort
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+void msgHandler( QtMsgType type, const char* msg )
+{
+    const char symbols[] = { 'I', 'E', '!', 'X' };
+    QString output = QString("[%1] %2").arg( symbols[type] ).arg( msg );
+    std::cerr << output.toStdString() << std::endl;
+    if( type == QtFatalMsg ) abort();
+}
+
+#endif
+
 /**
  * @brief Starts the application
  *
@@ -46,9 +61,15 @@ This file is part of the QGROUNDCONTROL project
  * @param argv Commandline arguments
  * @return exit code, 0 for normal exit and !=0 for error cases
  */
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 
+// install the message handler
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    qInstallMsgHandler( msgHandler );
+#endif
+
     Core core(argc, argv);
     return core.exec();
 }