diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index fde4452..e88e904 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import { Menu } from '@lumino/widgets';
 import { ISettingRegistry } from '@jupyterlab/settingregistry';
 import { IMainMenu } from '@jupyterlab/mainmenu';
 import { EditorLanguageRegistry } from '@jupyterlab/codemirror';
-import { ConsolePanel } from '@jupyterlab/console';
-import { SessionContext } from '@jupyterlab/apputils';
 
 function addKernelMenuItems(
   app: any,
@@ -13,12 +11,14 @@ function addKernelMenuItems(
   palette: any,
   mainMenu: IMainMenu
 ) {
-  const { commands, shell } = app;
+  const { commands } = app;
   const menu = new Menu({ commands: app.commands });
   menu.title.label = 'Available Kernels Menu';
   mainMenu.addMenu(menu);
+
   Object.entries(serviceManager.kernelspecs.specs.kernelspecs).forEach(
     ([key, value]: [string, any]) => {
+      let count: number = 0;
       const kernelMenu = new Menu({ commands: app.commands });
       kernelMenu.title.label = value.display_name;
       const language =
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ function addKernelMenuItems(
       });
 
       const startNotebookCommand = `widgets:start-notebook-${key}`;
+
       commands.addCommand(startNotebookCommand, {
         label: `New ${key} notebook`,
         execute: async () => {
@@ -49,47 +50,17 @@ function addKernelMenuItems(
           });
         }
       });
-      let contentFactory: ConsolePanel.IContentFactory;
-
       const startConsoleCommand = `widgets:start-console-${key}`;
+
       commands.addCommand(startConsoleCommand, {
         label: `New ${key} console`,
         execute: async () => {
+          count++;
           try {
-            const sessionManager = app.serviceManager.sessions;
-            const specsManager = app.serviceManager.kernelspecs;
-
-            const rendermime = app.rendermime;
-            const manager = app.shell.widgets;
-            const mimeTypeService = app.docRegistry.mimeTypeService;
-
-            const kernelName = key;
-            console.log(kernelName);
-
-            const sessionContext = new SessionContext({
-              sessionManager: sessionManager,
-              specsManager: specsManager,
-              kernelPreference: await sessionManager.startNew({
-                name: `${kernelName} console`,
-                kernel: { name: kernelName },
-                type: 'console',
-                path: '.'
-              })
-            });
-            sessionContext.changeKernel();
-
-            console.log(sessionContext.kernelPreference);
-
-            await sessionContext.ready;
-            const panel = new ConsolePanel({
-              rendermime: rendermime,
-              contentFactory: contentFactory,
-              manager: manager,
-              mimeTypeService: mimeTypeService,
-              sessionContext: sessionContext
+            await commands.execute('console:create', {
+              name: `Console ${count}`,
+              kernelPreference: { name: key }
             });
-            shell.add(panel, 'main');
-            shell.activateById(panel.id);
           } catch (error) {
             console.error('Error starting console:', error);
           }