diff --git a/submodules/LIB/scripts/console.py b/submodules/LIB/scripts/console.py
index b53817f29..2caf5ad58 100755
--- a/submodules/LIB/scripts/console.py
+++ b/submodules/LIB/scripts/console.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import time
 import select
 from threading import Thread
+import subprocess
 
 # Global variables
 ser = None
@@ -316,6 +317,10 @@ def main():
             print(": received request to disable iob-soc exclusive message identifiers")
             endFileTransfer()
             print(PROGNAME, end="")
+            print(": activating terminal non-canonical mode.")
+            script_arguments = ["python", "../../scripts/noncanonical.py"]
+            subprocess.run(script_arguments)
+            print(PROGNAME, end="")
             print(": start reading user input")
             input_thread.start()
         else: