diff --git a/client/src/templates/Challenges/classic/show.tsx b/client/src/templates/Challenges/classic/show.tsx
index c51e506f30a..8d95496020b 100644
--- a/client/src/templates/Challenges/classic/show.tsx
+++ b/client/src/templates/Challenges/classic/show.tsx
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import { preloadPage } from '../../../../utils/gatsby/page-loading';
 import envData from '../../../../config/env.json';
 import ToolPanel from '../components/tool-panel';
 import { getChallengePaths } from '../utils/challenge-paths';
+import { isJavaScriptChallenge } from '../utils/build';
 import { XtermTerminal } from './xterm';
 import MultifileEditor from './multifile-editor';
 import DesktopLayout from './desktop-layout';
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ function ShowClassic({
     `intro:${superBlock}.blocks.${block}.title`
   )}: ${title}`;
   const windowTitle = `${blockNameTitle} | freeCodeCamp.org`;
-  const showConsole = challengeType === challengeTypes.js;
+  const openConsole = isJavaScriptChallenge({ challengeType });
   // TODO: show preview should NOT be computed like this. That determination is
   // made during the build (at least twice!). It should be either a prop or
   // computed from challengeType
@@ -519,7 +520,7 @@ function ShowClassic({
               <Output defaultOutput={defaultOutput} output={output} />
             }
             windowTitle={windowTitle}
-            startWithConsoleShown={showConsole}
+            startWithConsoleShown={openConsole}
           />
         )}
         <CompletionModal />
diff --git a/client/src/templates/Challenges/utils/build.ts b/client/src/templates/Challenges/utils/build.ts
index 6a7f62dfca7..8bbf1b9952a 100644
--- a/client/src/templates/Challenges/utils/build.ts
+++ b/client/src/templates/Challenges/utils/build.ts
@@ -406,7 +406,9 @@ export function challengeHasPreview({ challengeType }: ChallengeMeta): boolean {
 
 export function isJavaScriptChallenge({
   challengeType
-}: ChallengeMeta): boolean {
+}: {
+  challengeType: number;
+}): boolean {
   return (
     challengeType === challengeTypes.js ||
     challengeType === challengeTypes.jsProject