diff --git a/start-minecraftFinalSetup b/start-minecraftFinalSetup
index c092e1d5..76c03fa3 100644
--- a/start-minecraftFinalSetup
+++ b/start-minecraftFinalSetup
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ esac
 
 EXTRA_ARGS=""
 # Optional disable console
-if [[ ${CONSOLE} = false || ${CONSOLE} = FALSE ]]; then
+if versionLessThan 1.14 && [[ ${CONSOLE,,} = false ]]; then
   EXTRA_ARGS+="--noconsole"
 fi
 
diff --git a/start-utils b/start-utils
index 1bbccd71..670344ad 100644
--- a/start-utils
+++ b/start-utils
@@ -63,3 +63,18 @@ function normalizeMemSize {
   val=${1:0: -1}
   echo $(( val * scale ))
 }
+
+function versionLessThan {
+  local activeParts
+  IFS=. read -ra activeParts <<< "${VANILLA_VERSION}"
+
+  local givenParts
+  IFS=. read -ra givenParts <<< "$1"
+
+  if (( activeParts[0] < givenParts[0] )) || \
+     (( activeParts[0] == givenParts[0] && activeParts[1] < givenParts[1] )); then
+    return 0
+  else
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
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