diff --git a/apps/freeablo/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/freeablo/CMakeLists.txt
index 3972123f5..556a5aaf7 100644
--- a/apps/freeablo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/freeablo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ add_library(freeablo_lib # split into a library so I can link to it from tests
     fasavegame/gameloader.cpp
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(freeablo_lib PUBLIC NuklearMisc Render Audio Serial Input Random enet cxxopts fmt::fmt)
+target_link_libraries(freeablo_lib PUBLIC NuklearMisc Render Audio Serial Input Random enet cxxopts fmt::fmt Script)
 target_include_directories(freeablo_lib PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 add_executable(freeablo main.cpp)
diff --git a/apps/freeablo/fagui/guimanager.cpp b/apps/freeablo/fagui/guimanager.cpp
index 0012616d1..11320bf05 100644
--- a/apps/freeablo/fagui/guimanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/freeablo/fagui/guimanager.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <misc/misc.h>
 #include <misc/stringops.h>
+#include <script/console.h>
+#include <script/luascript.h>
 #include <serial/textstream.h>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -532,29 +534,21 @@ namespace FAGui
 
     void GuiManager::consolePanel(nk_context* ctx)
     {
-        static constexpr size_t bufferSize = 1024 * 1024;
-        static std::string boxBuffer;
-        static int boxLen;
-        static constexpr size_t inputSize = 512;
-        static char input[inputSize];
-        static int inputLen;
+        auto& c = Script::Console::getInstance();
         drawPanel(ctx,
                   PanelType::console,
                   [&]() {
                       nk_layout_space_begin(ctx, NK_STATIC, 0, INT_MAX);
                       nk_layout_space_push(ctx, nk_rect(5, 5, 490, 250));
-                      nk_edit_string(ctx, NK_EDIT_BOX | NK_EDIT_READ_ONLY, const_cast<char*>(boxBuffer.c_str()), &boxLen, bufferSize, nk_filter_default);
+                      nk_edit_string(ctx, NK_EDIT_BOX | NK_EDIT_READ_ONLY, c->getBufferPtr(), c->getBufferLen(), c->getBuffer().length(), nk_filter_default);
                       const int32_t height = FARender::Renderer::get()->smallFont()->height + 15;
                       nk_layout_space_push(ctx, nk_rect(5, 270, 490, height));
-                      nk_flags active = nk_edit_string(ctx, NK_EDIT_FIELD | NK_EDIT_SIG_ENTER, input, &inputLen, inputSize, nk_filter_ascii);
+                      nk_flags active =
+                          nk_edit_string(ctx, NK_EDIT_FIELD | NK_EDIT_SIG_ENTER, c->getInput(), c->getInputLen(), c->getInputSize(), nk_filter_ascii);
 
                       if (active & NK_EDIT_COMMITED)
                       {
-                          input[inputLen] = '\n';
-                          ++inputLen;
-                          boxBuffer.append(input, inputLen);
-                          boxLen += inputLen;
-                          inputLen = 0;
+                          c->inputCommited();
                       }
                       nk_layout_space_end(ctx);
                   },
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 6dfa818ec..e1884f996 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ add_library(DiabloExe
     diabloexe/characterstats.cpp
     diabloexe/affix.cpp
     diabloexe/affix.h
-	diabloexe/talkdata.h)
+    diabloexe/talkdata.h)
 target_link_libraries(DiabloExe Misc FAIO)
 set_target_properties(DiabloExe PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${FA_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
 
@@ -144,5 +144,18 @@ add_library(NuklearMisc
     nuklearmisc/standaloneguispritehandler.cpp
     nuklearmisc/standaloneguispritehandler.h
 )
+
 set_target_properties(NuklearMisc PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${FA_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
 target_link_libraries(NuklearMisc nuklear nativefiledialog Input Render)
+
+add_library(Script
+  script/luascript.cpp
+  script/luascript.h
+  script/console.cpp
+  script/console.h
+)
+
+find_package(Lua REQUIRED)
+
+target_link_libraries(Script ${LUA_LIBRARIES} Filesystem)
+set_target_properties(Script PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${FA_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/components/script/console.cpp b/components/script/console.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b71cad49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/script/console.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#include "console.h"
+#include "luascript.h"
+
+#include <filesystem/resolver.h>
+#include <misc/stringops.h>
+
+namespace Script
+{
+    static std::string luaStdOut;
+    std::unique_ptr<Console> Console::mInstance = nullptr;
+
+    Console::Console() : mBuffer({}), bufferLen(0), inputLen(0), mScript(LuaScript::getInstance()), mCommandsPath("resources/commands/")
+    {
+        // Hack. Redirects the print output to the console.
+        mScript->registerGlobalFunction("print", [](lua_State* state) -> int {
+            int n = lua_gettop(state);
+            if (n >= 1)
+            {
+                for (int i = n; i > 0; --i)
+                {
+                    const char* str = lua_tostring(state, -i);
+                    luaStdOut += str;
+                }
+            }
+
+            else
+            {
+                luaStdOut = "";
+            }
+            return 0;
+        });
+    }
+
+    std::unique_ptr<Console>& Console::getInstance()
+    {
+        if (!mInstance)
+        {
+            mInstance = std::unique_ptr<Console>(new Console());
+        }
+
+        return mInstance;
+    }
+
+    void Console::inputCommited()
+    {
+        std::string command = "";
+        command.append(mInput, inputLen);
+        mInput[inputLen] = '\n';
+        ++inputLen;
+        mBuffer.append(mInput, inputLen);
+        bufferLen += inputLen;
+        inputLen = 0;
+
+        auto args = Misc::StringUtils::split(command, ' '); // TODO: parse args and pass them to the script
+        filesystem::path scriptPath = filesystem::resolver().resolve(mCommandsPath / (args[0] + ".lua"));
+        if (scriptPath.exists())
+        {
+            mScript->runScript(scriptPath.str());
+            std::string msg = luaStdOut.empty() ? ">> nil\n" : (">> \"" + luaStdOut + "\"\n");
+            mBuffer += msg;
+            bufferLen += msg.length();
+            luaStdOut = "";
+        }
+
+        else
+        {
+            std::string msg = ">> Command '" + command + "' not found\n";
+            mBuffer += msg;
+            bufferLen += msg.length();
+            luaStdOut = "";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/script/console.h b/components/script/console.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a30728375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/script/console.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "luascript.h"
+
+#include <filesystem/path.h>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace Script
+{
+    class Console
+    {
+        std::string mBuffer;
+        int bufferLen;
+        static constexpr size_t inputSize = 512;
+        char mInput[inputSize];
+        int inputLen;
+        std::unique_ptr<LuaScript>& mScript;
+        filesystem::path mCommandsPath;
+        static std::unique_ptr<Console> mInstance;
+
+    public:
+        static std::unique_ptr<Console>& getInstance();
+
+        char* getInput() { return mInput; };
+        std::string& getBuffer() { return mBuffer; };
+        char* getBufferPtr() const { return const_cast<char*>(mBuffer.c_str()); }
+        int* getBufferLen() { return &bufferLen; }
+        int* getInputLen() { return &inputLen; }
+        constexpr size_t getInputSize() const { return inputSize; }
+
+        void inputCommited();
+
+    private:
+        Console();
+    };
+}
diff --git a/components/script/luascript.cpp b/components/script/luascript.cpp
index f9296f53d..d0de9a0d4 100644
--- a/components/script/luascript.cpp
+++ b/components/script/luascript.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace Script
 {
+    std::unique_ptr<LuaScript> LuaScript::mInstance = nullptr;
     LuaScript::LuaScript() : mState(luaL_newstate()) { luaL_openlibs(mState); }
 
     LuaScript::~LuaScript()
@@ -12,6 +13,14 @@ namespace Script
             lua_close(mState);
     }
 
+    std::unique_ptr<LuaScript>& LuaScript::getInstance()
+    {
+        if (!mInstance)
+            mInstance = std::unique_ptr<LuaScript>(new LuaScript());
+
+        return mInstance;
+    }
+
     void LuaScript::printError(const std::string& variable, const std::string& reason)
     {
 #ifndef NDEBUG
@@ -111,4 +120,16 @@ namespace Script
             exit(1);
         }
     }
+
+    void LuaScript::eval(const char* script)
+    {
+        lua_settop(mState, 0);
+
+        if (luaL_dostring(mState, script))
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Lua error: " << lua_tostring(mState, -1) << "\n";
+            lua_pop(mState, 1);
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/components/script/luascript.h b/components/script/luascript.h
index 5ada08413..3633d9430 100644
--- a/components/script/luascript.h
+++ b/components/script/luascript.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <misc/assert.h>
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -14,15 +15,23 @@ namespace Script
     {
         lua_State* mState;
         int mLevel;
+        static std::unique_ptr<LuaScript> mInstance;
 
     public:
-        LuaScript();
         ~LuaScript();
 
+        static std::unique_ptr<LuaScript>& getInstance();
+
         void printError(const std::string& variable, const std::string& reason);
 
         template <typename T> void registerType(const std::string& metatable_name);
 
+        template <typename Func> void registerGlobalFunction(const std::string& functionName, Func func)
+        {
+            lua_pushcfunction(mState, func);
+            lua_setglobal(mState, functionName.c_str());
+        }
+
         template <typename T> T get(const std::string& variable)
         {
             release_assert(mState);
@@ -74,8 +83,11 @@ namespace Script
         }
 
         void runScript(const std::string& path);
+        void eval(const char* script);
 
     private:
+        LuaScript();
+
         bool luaGetToStack(const std::string& variable);
 
         void clean();
diff --git a/resources/commands/hello.lua b/resources/commands/hello.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7dcb2af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/commands/hello.lua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+print("ola mundo", 1)