diff --git a/bin/plugins/TerminalWidget/libTerminalWidget.so b/bin/plugins/TerminalWidget/libTerminalWidget.so
index ffba50e..cbba20e 100755
Binary files a/bin/plugins/TerminalWidget/libTerminalWidget.so and b/bin/plugins/TerminalWidget/libTerminalWidget.so differ
diff --git a/include/mainwindow.h b/include/mainwindow.h
index c48a628..df7b0e4 100644
--- a/include/mainwindow.h
+++ b/include/mainwindow.h
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ private slots:
     void terminalCopy();
     void terminalPaste();
     void showTerminal();
+    void startTerminal();
 private:
     Ui::MainWindow *ui;
     Settings * settings;
diff --git a/include/terminalinterface.h b/include/terminalinterface.h
index a90e50f..54fd188 100644
--- a/include/terminalinterface.h
+++ b/include/terminalinterface.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public:
     virtual void changeDir(QString path) = 0;
     virtual void copy() = 0;
     virtual void paste() = 0;
+    virtual void startShell() = 0;
 };
 
 #define TerminalInterface_iid "com.github.ziracms.editor.TerminalInterface"
diff --git a/plugins/TerminalPlugin/terminalplugin.cpp b/plugins/TerminalPlugin/terminalplugin.cpp
index 3f9605d..c93e4cd 100644
--- a/plugins/TerminalPlugin/terminalplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/TerminalPlugin/terminalplugin.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ void TerminalPlugin::initialize(QString path)
     console->setEnvironment(QStringList() << "TERM=konsole-256color");
     console->setColorScheme("Linux"); // "GreenOnBlack", "Linux", "SolarizedLight", "BlackOnWhite", "DarkPastels", "BlackOnRandomLight", "WhiteOnBlack", "BlackOnLightYellow", "Solarized", "BreezeModified"
     console->setWorkingDirectory(path);
-    console->startShellProgram();
 }
 
 QString TerminalPlugin::getDirName()
@@ -48,3 +47,8 @@ void TerminalPlugin::changeDir(QString path)
 {
     console->changeDir(path);
 }
+
+void TerminalPlugin::startShell()
+{
+    console->startShellProgram();
+}
diff --git a/plugins/TerminalPlugin/terminalplugin.h b/plugins/TerminalPlugin/terminalplugin.h
index cd20532..4253c78 100644
--- a/plugins/TerminalPlugin/terminalplugin.h
+++ b/plugins/TerminalPlugin/terminalplugin.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public:
     void changeDir(QString path) override;
     void copy() override;
     void paste() override;
+    void startShell() override;
 private:
     QTermWidget * console;
 };
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 9505731..c5b67dc 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const int SIDEBAR_TAB_NAVIGATOR_INDEX = 1;
 const int SIDEBAR_TAB_GIT_BROWSER_INDEX = 2;
 
 int const MainWindow::EXIT_CODE_RESTART = -123456789;
+int const TERMINAL_START_DELAY = 250; // should not be less then PROJECT_LOAD_DELAY
 
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
     QMainWindow(parent),
@@ -442,6 +443,8 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
         QString showTerminalStr = QString::fromStdString(settings->get("shortcut_terminal"));
         QShortcut * showTerminal = new QShortcut(QKeySequence(showTerminalStr), this);
         connect(showTerminal, SIGNAL(activated()), this, SLOT(showTerminal()));
+
+        QTimer::singleShot(TERMINAL_START_DELAY, this, SLOT(startTerminal()));
     } else {
         terminalTabIndex = -1;
     }
@@ -2468,3 +2471,9 @@ void MainWindow::terminalPaste()
     if (terminal == nullptr) return;
     terminal->paste();
 }
+
+void MainWindow::startTerminal()
+{
+    if (terminal == nullptr) return;
+    terminal->startShell();
+}