diff --git a/Mac/Lib/FrameWork.py b/Mac/Lib/FrameWork.py
index 320f141b83f..50ffe5f65f3 100644
--- a/Mac/Lib/FrameWork.py
+++ b/Mac/Lib/FrameWork.py
@@ -147,9 +147,15 @@ def do_about(self, id, item, window, event):
 	# (XXX I'm not sure if using default parameter values is the right
 	# way to define the mask and wait time passed to WaitNextEvent.)
 	
+	schedparams = (0, 0)	# By default disable Python's event handling
+	
+	keepconsole = 0			# By default don't keep console window open
+	
 	def mainloop(self, mask = everyEvent, wait = 0):
 		self.quitting = 0
 		saveparams = apply(MacOS.SchedParams, self.schedparams)
+		if self.keepconsole != None:
+			MacOS.KeepConsole(self.keepconsole)
 		try:
 			while not self.quitting:
 				try:
@@ -162,8 +168,6 @@ def mainloop(self, mask = everyEvent, wait = 0):
 		finally:
 			apply(MacOS.SchedParams, saveparams)
 	
-	schedparams = (0, 0)	# By default disable Python's event handling
-	
 	def dopendingevents(self, mask = everyEvent):
 		"""dopendingevents - Handle all pending events"""
 		while self.do1event(mask, wait=0):