diff --git a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
index abddfc6..d05ab14 100644
--- a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ void MainWindow::buildCommonWidgets()
         {
             debugConsole = new DebugConsole();
             debugConsole->setWindowTitle("Communications Console");
-            debugConsole->show();
+            debugConsole->hide();
             QAction* tempAction = ui.menuTools->addAction(tr("Communication Console"));
             //menuToDockNameMap[tempAction] = "COMMUNICATION_DEBUG_CONSOLE_DOCKWIDGET";
             tempAction->setCheckable(true);
diff --git a/src/ui/QGCTabbedInfoView.cpp b/src/ui/QGCTabbedInfoView.cpp
index 8958a0d..b270761 100644
--- a/src/ui/QGCTabbedInfoView.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/QGCTabbedInfoView.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ QGCTabbedInfoView::QGCTabbedInfoView(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent)
 {
     ui.setupUi(this);
     actionsWidget = new UASActionsWidget(this);
-    quickView = new UASQuickView(this);\
+    quickView = new UASQuickView(this);
     rawView = new UASRawStatusView(this);
     ui.tabWidget->addTab(quickView,"Quick");
     ui.tabWidget->addTab(actionsWidget,"Actions");