diff --git a/librewolf.cfg b/librewolf.cfg
index 5b7ccd8..86348a5 100755
--- a/librewolf.cfg
+++ b/librewolf.cfg
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ defaultPref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1); // block accessibility services
 defaultPref("devtools.chrome.enabled", false); // disable chrome debugging tools
 defaultPref("devtools.debugger.remote-enabled", false); // default, disable remote debugging
 defaultPref("devtools.remote.adb.extensionURL", ""); // url to download ad extension
+# needs to be set for the console to work, see https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/linux/-/issues/80 and https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/settings/-/issues/129:
+defaultPref("devtools.selfxss.count", 0);
 
 // misc
 defaultPref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); // do not check if default browser