diff --git a/src/ddebug/gdb/gdbinterface.d b/src/ddebug/gdb/gdbinterface.d
index 91fb190..b307861 100644
--- a/src/ddebug/gdb/gdbinterface.d
+++ b/src/ddebug/gdb/gdbinterface.d
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class ConsoleDebuggerInterface : DebuggerBase, TextWriter {
 
 }
 
+import std.process;
 class GDBInterface : ConsoleDebuggerInterface {
 
 	protected int commandId;
@@ -77,8 +78,100 @@ class GDBInterface : ConsoleDebuggerInterface {
 		return commandId;
 	}
 
+	Pid terminalPid;
+	string terminalTty;
+
+	string startTerminal(string termExecutable) {
+		Log.d("Starting terminal");
+		import std.random;
+		import std.file;
+		import std.path;
+		import std.string;
+		import core.thread;
+		uint n = uniform(0, 0x10000000, rndGen());
+		terminalTty = null;
+		string termfile = buildPath(tempDir, format("dlangide-term-name-%07x.tmp", n));
+		Log.d("temp file for tty name: ", termfile);
+		try {
+			terminalPid = spawnProcess([
+				termExecutable,
+				"-title",
+				"DLangIDE External Console",
+				"-e",
+				"echo 'DlangIDE External Console' && tty > " ~ termfile ~ " && sleep 1000000"
+			]);
+			for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+				Thread.sleep(dur!"msecs"(100));
+				if (!isTerminalActive) {
+					Log.e("Failed to get terminal TTY");
+					return null;
+				}
+				if (!exists(termfile)) {
+					Thread.sleep(dur!"msecs"(20));
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			// read TTY from file
+			if (exists(termfile)) {
+				terminalTty = readText(termfile);
+				if (terminalTty.endsWith("\n"))
+					terminalTty = terminalTty[0 .. $-1];
+				// delete file
+				remove(termfile);
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			Log.e("Failed to start terminal ", e);
+			killTerminal();
+		}
+		if (terminalTty.length == 0) {
+			Log.i("Cannot start terminal");
+			killTerminal();
+		} else {
+			Log.i("Terminal: ", terminalTty);
+		}
+		return terminalTty;
+	}
+
+	bool isTerminalActive() {
+		if (terminalPid is null)
+			return false;
+		auto res = tryWait(terminalPid);
+		if (res.terminated) {
+			Log.d("isTerminalActive: Terminal is stopped");
+			wait(terminalPid);
+			terminalPid = Pid.init;
+			return false;
+		} else {
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	void killTerminal() {
+		if (terminalPid is null)
+			return;
+		try {
+			Log.d("Trying to kill terminal");
+			kill(terminalPid, 9);
+			Log.d("Waiting for terminal process termination");
+			wait(terminalPid);
+			terminalPid = Pid.init;
+			Log.d("Killed");
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			Log.d("Exception while killing terminal", e);
+			terminalPid = Pid.init;
+		}
+	}
+
+	string terminalExecutableFileName = "xterm";
 	override void startDebugging(string debuggerExecutable, string executable, string[] args, string workingDir, DebuggerResponse response) {
 		string[] debuggerArgs;
+		terminalTty = startTerminal(terminalExecutableFileName);
+		if (terminalTty.length == 0) {
+			response(ResponseCode.CannotRunDebugger, "Cannot start terminal");
+			return;
+		}
+		debuggerArgs ~= "-tty";
+		debuggerArgs ~= terminalTty;
 		debuggerArgs ~= "--interpreter=mi";
 		debuggerArgs ~= "--silent";
 		debuggerArgs ~= "--args";
@@ -89,16 +182,18 @@ class GDBInterface : ConsoleDebuggerInterface {
 		Log.i("Debugger process state:");
 		if (state == ExternalProcessState.Running) {
 			response(ResponseCode.Ok, "Started");
-			sendCommand("-break-insert main");
+			//sendCommand("-break-insert main");
 			sendCommand("-exec-run");
 		} else {
 			response(ResponseCode.CannotRunDebugger, "Error while trying to run debugger process");
+			return;
 		}
 	}
 
 	override void stop() {
 		if (_debuggerProcess !is null)
 			_debuggerProcess.kill();
+		killTerminal();
 		super.stop();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/dlangide.d b/src/dlangide.d
index 88f11c9..6d8421b 100644
--- a/src/dlangide.d
+++ b/src/dlangide.d
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ version(USE_GDB_DEBUG) {
 				Log.d("startDebugging result: ", code, " : ", msg);
 				//assert(code == ResponseCode.NotImplemented);
 			});
-		Thread.sleep(dur!"msecs"(2000));
+		Thread.sleep(dur!"msecs"(200000));
 		debugger.stop();
-		Thread.sleep(dur!"msecs"(2000));
+		Thread.sleep(dur!"msecs"(200000));
 		destroy(debugger);
 		Log.d("Testing of GDB debugger is finished");
 	}