diff --git a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/internal/LocalRunLaunchDelegate.java b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/internal/LocalRunLaunchDelegate.java
index 3b224b4af6a..95bcb790b19 100644
--- a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/internal/LocalRunLaunchDelegate.java
+++ b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/internal/LocalRunLaunchDelegate.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class LocalRunLaunchDelegate extends AbstractCLaunchDelegate {
 				command.add(exePath.toOSString());
 				command.addAll(Arrays.asList(arguments));
 				String[] commandArray = (String[]) command.toArray(new String[command.size()]);
-				boolean usePty = config.getAttribute(ICDTLaunchConfigurationConstants.ATTR_USE_TERMINAL, false);
+				boolean usePty = config.getAttribute(ICDTLaunchConfigurationConstants.ATTR_USE_TERMINAL, true);
 				monitor.worked(5);
 				Process process = exec(commandArray, getEnvironment(config), wd, usePty);
 				monitor.worked(3);
diff --git a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/ui/CMainTab.java b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/ui/CMainTab.java
index 51dfde79f71..d1af181e7b6 100644
--- a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/ui/CMainTab.java
+++ b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/ui/CMainTab.java
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ public class CMainTab extends CLaunchConfigurationTab {
 		filterPlatform = getPlatform(config);
 		updateProjectFromConfig(config);
 		updateProgramFromConfig(config);
+		updateTerminalFromConfig(config);
 	}
 	
 	protected void updateTerminalFromConfig(ILaunchConfiguration config) {