diff --git a/src/gwt/src/org/rstudio/studio/client/workbench/views/vcs/common/ConsoleProgressDialog.java b/src/gwt/src/org/rstudio/studio/client/workbench/views/vcs/common/ConsoleProgressDialog.java
index dbedddd688b..0e5b0af8e62 100644
--- a/src/gwt/src/org/rstudio/studio/client/workbench/views/vcs/common/ConsoleProgressDialog.java
+++ b/src/gwt/src/org/rstudio/studio/client/workbench/views/vcs/common/ConsoleProgressDialog.java
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ public ConsoleProgressDialog(String title,
          throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                "Invalid combination of arguments to ConsoleProgressDialog");
       }
+
+      // save console process so that we can compute interaction mode below
+      consoleProcess_ = consoleProcess;
       
       if (getInteractionMode() != ConsoleProcessInfo.INTERACTION_NEVER)
       {