From a0b85baef95c71ba4b27724dd21e13614df968ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: goanpeca <goanpeca@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 11:56:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix

---
 spyder/api/plugins.py                         | 2 +-
 spyder/app/mainwindow.py                      | 7 ++++---
 spyder/plugins/console/widgets/main_widget.py | 1 +
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spyder/api/plugins.py b/spyder/api/plugins.py
index 672ec8f1811..3eb2f09b4b4 100644
--- a/spyder/api/plugins.py
+++ b/spyder/api/plugins.py
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ def set_ancestor(self, ancestor_widget):
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     @property
     def dockwidget(self):
-        return self.get_widget().widget.dockwidget
+        return self.get_widget().dockwidget
 
     @property
     def options_menu(self):
diff --git a/spyder/app/mainwindow.py b/spyder/app/mainwindow.py
index b3eadcf4076..203a3c0edc6 100644
--- a/spyder/app/mainwindow.py
+++ b/spyder/app/mainwindow.py
@@ -347,11 +347,12 @@ def register_plugin(self, plugin):
         # First time plugin starts
         if plugin.get_conf_option('first_time', True):
             logger.info("Tabify {} dockwidget...".format(plugin.NAME))
-            if isinstance(plugin, SpyderDockablePlugin):
+            if (isinstance(plugin, SpyderDockablePlugin)
+                    and plugin.NAME != Plugins.Console):
                 try:
                     next_to_plugin = self.get_plugin(plugin.TABIFY)
                 except SpyderAPIError:
-                    next_to_plugin = Plugins.Console
+                    next_to_plugin = self.get_plugin(Plugins.Console)
 
                 self.tabify_plugins(plugin, next_to_plugin)
 
@@ -4060,7 +4061,7 @@ def run_spyder(app, options, args):
 
     if main.console:
         namespace = CONF.get('internal_console', 'namespace', {})
-        main.console.start_interpreter(namespace)
+        # main.console.start_interpreter(namespace)
         main.console.set_namespace_item('spy', Spy(app=app, window=main))
 
     # Don't show icons in menus for Mac
diff --git a/spyder/plugins/console/widgets/main_widget.py b/spyder/plugins/console/widgets/main_widget.py
index 196ece83bf6..01be278e95d 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/console/widgets/main_widget.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/console/widgets/main_widget.py
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ def setup(self, options):
 
         self.shell.set_external_editor(
             self.get_option('external_editor/path'), '')
+        self.start_interpreter(self.get_option('namespace'))
 
     def on_option_update(self, option, value):
         if option == 'max_line_count':