diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/debug.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/debug.js
index a635045c2..7b506e32b 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/debug.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/debug.js
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
 
 
 Zotero.Debug = new function () {
-	var _console, _stackTrace, _store, _level, _time, _lastTime, _output = [];
+	var _console, _consolePref, _stackTrace, _store, _level, _time, _lastTime, _output = [];
 	
 	this.init = function (forceDebugLog) {
-		_console = forceDebugLog || Zotero.Prefs.get('debug.log');
+		_consolePref = Zotero.Prefs.get('debug.log');
+		_console = _consolePref || forceDebugLog;
 		_store = Zotero.Prefs.get('debug.store');
 		if (_store) {
 			Zotero.Prefs.set('debug.store', false);
@@ -89,11 +90,12 @@ Zotero.Debug = new function () {
 		if (_console) {
 			var output = 'zotero(' + level + ')' + (_time ? deltaStr : '') + ': ' + message;
 			if(Zotero.isFx && !Zotero.isBookmarklet) {
-				// On Windows, where the text console is inexplicably glacial,
-				// log to the Browser Console instead
+				// On Windows, where the text console (-console) is inexplicably glacial,
+				// log to the Browser Console instead if only the -ZoteroDebug flag is used.
+				// Developers can use the debug.log/debug.time prefs and the Cygwin text console.
 				//
 				// TODO: Get rid of the filename and line number
-				if (Zotero.isWin && !Zotero.isStandalone) {
+				if (!_consolePref && Zotero.isWin && !Zotero.isStandalone) {
 					var console = Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/devtools/Console.jsm", {}).console;
 					console.log(output);
 				}