diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/login.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/login.sh
index 1f5931bbb..9a45cb75a 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/login.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/login.sh
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ _run_update_installer() {
     fi
 }
 
+_vconsole
 if [[ -e /usr/bin/setup ]]; then
-    _vconsole
     _local_mode
     _enter_shell
     if ! [[ -e /tmp/.setup ]]; then
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ if [[ -e /usr/bin/setup ]]; then
     fi
 # latest image, fail if less than 2GB RAM available
 elif [[ "$(grep -w MemTotal /proc/meminfo | cut -d ':' -f2 | sed -e 's# ##g' -e 's#kB$##g')" -lt 1970000 ]]; then
-    _vconsole
     _welcome
     echo -e "\033[1m\033[91mMemory check failed:\033[0m"
     echo -e "\033[91m- Not engough memory detected! \033[0m"
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ elif [[ "$(grep -w MemTotal /proc/meminfo | cut -d ':' -f2 | sed -e 's# ##g' -e
 # local image, fail if less than 3.3GB RAM available
 elif [[ "$(grep -w MemTotal /proc/meminfo | cut -d ':' -f2 | sed -e 's# ##g' -e 's#kB$##g')" -lt 3277000 &&\
 -e "/var/cache/pacman/pkg/archboot.db" ]]; then
-    _vconsole
     _welcome
     echo -e "\033[1m\033[91mMemory check failed:\033[0m"
     echo -e "\033[91m- Not engough memory detected! \033[0m"
@@ -116,7 +114,6 @@ elif [[ "$(grep -w MemTotal /proc/meminfo | cut -d ':' -f2 | sed -e 's# ##g' -e
     _enter_shell
 elif [[ "$(uname -m)" == "aarch64" && "$(grep -w MemTotal /proc/meminfo | cut -d ':' -f2 | sed -e 's# ##g' -e 's#kB$##g')" -gt 3860000 &&\
 "$(grep -w MemTotal /proc/meminfo | cut -d ':' -f2 | sed -e 's# ##g' -e 's#kB$##g')" -lt 4210000 ]]; then
-    _vconsole
     _welcome
     echo -e "\033[1m\033[91mMemory check failed:\033[0m"
     echo -e "\033[91m- Kexec memory gap detected: \033[1m3950M - 4.299M RAM\033[0m"
@@ -125,7 +122,6 @@ elif [[ "$(uname -m)" == "aarch64" && "$(grep -w MemTotal /proc/meminfo | cut -d
     echo -e "\033[91mAborting ...\033[0m"
     _enter_shell
 else
-    _vconsole
     _welcome
     _run_update_installer
 fi