diff --git a/modules/cmd_args.py b/modules/cmd_args.py
index aab62286e24..fe4d4eccc5a 100644
--- a/modules/cmd_args.py
+++ b/modules/cmd_args.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 parser.add_argument("--theme", type=str, help="launches the UI with light or dark theme", default=None)
 parser.add_argument("--use-textbox-seed", action='store_true', help="use textbox for seeds in UI (no up/down, but possible to input long seeds)", default=False)
 parser.add_argument("--disable-console-progressbars", action='store_true', help="do not output progressbars to console", default=False)
-parser.add_argument("--enable-console-prompts", action='store_true', help="print prompts to console when generating with txt2img and img2img", default=False)
+parser.add_argument("--enable-console-prompts", action='store_true', help="does not do anything", default=False)  # Legacy compatibility, use as default value shared.opts.enable_console_prompts
 parser.add_argument('--vae-path', type=str, help='Checkpoint to use as VAE; setting this argument disables all settings related to VAE', default=None)
 parser.add_argument("--disable-safe-unpickle", action='store_true', help="disable checking pytorch models for malicious code", default=False)
 parser.add_argument("--api", action='store_true', help="use api=True to launch the API together with the webui (use --nowebui instead for only the API)")
diff --git a/modules/img2img.py b/modules/img2img.py
index c81c7ab9e8c..72ee7bc22da 100644
--- a/modules/img2img.py
+++ b/modules/img2img.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def img2img(id_task: str, mode: int, prompt: str, negative_prompt: str, prompt_s
 
     p.user = request.username
 
-    if shared.cmd_opts.enable_console_prompts:
+    if shared.opts.enable_console_prompts:
         print(f"\nimg2img: {prompt}", file=shared.progress_print_out)
 
     if mask:
diff --git a/modules/shared_options.py b/modules/shared_options.py
index 00b273faa54..1ea5c8f8e7a 100644
--- a/modules/shared_options.py
+++ b/modules/shared_options.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 
 options_templates.update(options_section(('system', "System"), {
     "auto_launch_browser": OptionInfo("Local", "Automatically open webui in browser on startup", gr.Radio, lambda: {"choices": ["Disable", "Local", "Remote"]}),
+    "enable_console_prompts": OptionInfo(shared.cmd_opts.enable_console_prompts, "Print prompts to console when generating with txt2img and img2img."),
     "show_warnings": OptionInfo(False, "Show warnings in console.").needs_reload_ui(),
     "show_gradio_deprecation_warnings": OptionInfo(True, "Show gradio deprecation warnings in console.").needs_reload_ui(),
     "memmon_poll_rate": OptionInfo(8, "VRAM usage polls per second during generation.", gr.Slider, {"minimum": 0, "maximum": 40, "step": 1}).info("0 = disable"),
diff --git a/modules/txt2img.py b/modules/txt2img.py
index 1ee592ad944..e4e18ceb6dd 100644
--- a/modules/txt2img.py
+++ b/modules/txt2img.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import modules.scripts
 from modules import processing
 from modules.generation_parameters_copypaste import create_override_settings_dict
-from modules.shared import opts, cmd_opts
+from modules.shared import opts
 import modules.shared as shared
 from modules.ui import plaintext_to_html
 import gradio as gr
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def txt2img(id_task: str, prompt: str, negative_prompt: str, prompt_styles, step
 
     p.user = request.username
 
-    if cmd_opts.enable_console_prompts:
+    if shared.opts.enable_console_prompts:
         print(f"\ntxt2img: {prompt}", file=shared.progress_print_out)
 
     with closing(p):