diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php b/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php
index 30f37aa09..204237751 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ class ShellDispatcher {
 		}
 		set_exception_handler($exception['consoleHandler']);
 		set_error_handler($error['consoleHandler'], Configure::read('Error.level'));
+
+		App::uses('Debugger', 'Utility');
+		Debugger::getInstance()->output('txt');
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Error/ErrorHandlerTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Error/ErrorHandlerTest.php
index aa7448d64..18930737b 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Error/ErrorHandlerTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Error/ErrorHandlerTest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 App::uses('ErrorHandler', 'Error');
 App::uses('Controller', 'Controller');
 App::uses('Router', 'Routing');
+App::uses('Debugger', 'Utility');
 
 /**
  * A faulty ExceptionRenderer to test nesting.
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ class ErrorHandlerTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		set_error_handler('ErrorHandler::handleError');
 		$this->_restoreError = true;
 
+		Debugger::getInstance()->output('html');
+
 		ob_start();
 		$wrong .= '';
 		$result = ob_get_clean();
@@ -123,6 +126,8 @@ class ErrorHandlerTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		set_error_handler('ErrorHandler::handleError');
 		$this->_restoreError = true;
 
+		Debugger::getInstance()->output('html');
+
 		ob_start();
 		trigger_error('Test error', $error);