diff --git a/src/MarbleGame.hx b/src/MarbleGame.hx
index 01d22d7a..920463b9 100644
--- a/src/MarbleGame.hx
+++ b/src/MarbleGame.hx
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ class MarbleGame {
 					canvas.pushDialog(console);
 				} else {
 					@:privateAccess console.isShowing = false;
+					console.unfocus();
 					canvas.popDialog(console, false);
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/gui/ConsoleDlg.hx b/src/gui/ConsoleDlg.hx
index c4e0e1ed..5a0ec3bd 100644
--- a/src/gui/ConsoleDlg.hx
+++ b/src/gui/ConsoleDlg.hx
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ class ConsoleDlg extends GuiControl {
 		consoleInput.text.backgroundColor = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 		consoleInput.text.selectionColor.set(1, 1, 1);
 		consoleInput.text.selectionTile = h2d.Tile.fromColor(0x808080, 0, hxd.Math.ceil(consoleInput.text.font.lineHeight));
+		consoleInput.text.onKeyDown = (e) -> {
+			if (e.keyCode == hxd.Key.QWERTY_TILDE)
+				e.cancel = true;
+		}
+		consoleInput.text.onTextInput = (e) -> {
+			if (e.charCode == '`'.code)
+				e.cancel = true;
+		}
 
 		this.addChild(consoleInput);
 
@@ -120,6 +128,10 @@ class ConsoleDlg extends GuiControl {
 		scroll.setScrollMax(consoleContent.text.textHeight);
 	}
 
+	public function unfocus() {
+		@:privateAccess consoleInput.text.interactive.blur();
+	}
+
 	public override function update(dt:Float, mouseState:MouseState) {
 		super.update(dt, mouseState);