diff --git a/app/Subscriber/BootstrapSubscriber.php b/app/Subscriber/BootstrapSubscriber.php
index e256159a1..35d0eff9e 100644
--- a/app/Subscriber/BootstrapSubscriber.php
+++ b/app/Subscriber/BootstrapSubscriber.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class BootstrapSubscriber extends Base implements EventSubscriberInterface
         return array(
             'session.bootstrap' => array('setup', 0),
             'api.bootstrap' => array('setup', 0),
+            'console.bootstrap' => array('setup', 0),
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/kanboard b/kanboard
index 7a9e648b1..8b772f843 100755
--- a/kanboard
+++ b/kanboard
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 require __DIR__.'/app/common.php';
 
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Application;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event;
+
+$container['dispatcher']->dispatch('console.bootstrap', new Event);
 
 $application = new Application('Kanboard', APP_VERSION);
 $application->add(new Console\TaskOverdueNotification($container));