diff --git a/ext/tlflag/flag.go b/ext/tlflag/flag.go
index b6279fe..80ff89e 100644
--- a/ext/tlflag/flag.go
+++ b/ext/tlflag/flag.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ more:
 	case ".log", "":
 		wrap = append(wrap, func(w io.Writer, c io.Closer) (io.Writer, io.Closer, error) {
 			ff := tlog.LstdFlags
-			ff = updateConsoleFlags(ff, u.RawQuery)
+			ff = updateConsoleFlags(ff, u.Query())
 
 			w = tlog.NewConsoleWriter(w, ff)
 
@@ -427,8 +427,10 @@ func updateFileFlags(of int, q string) int {
 	return of
 }
 
-func updateConsoleFlags(ff int, q string) int {
-	for _, c := range q {
+func updateConsoleFlags(ff int, q url.Values) int {
+	flags := q.Get("console")
+
+	for _, c := range flags {
 		switch c {
 		case 'd':
 			ff |= tlog.LdetFlags
diff --git a/ext/tlflag/flag_test.go b/ext/tlflag/flag_test.go
index 906bd44..50c8e1b 100644
--- a/ext/tlflag/flag_test.go
+++ b/ext/tlflag/flag_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TestFileWriter(t *testing.T) {
 		tlog.NewConsoleWriter(tlog.Stderr, tlog.LstdFlags),
 	}, w)
 
-	w, err = OpenWriter("stderr?dm,stderr?dm")
+	w, err = OpenWriter("stderr?console=dm,stderr?console=dm")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, tlio.MultiWriter{
 		tlog.NewConsoleWriter(tlog.Stderr, tlog.LdetFlags|tlog.Lmilliseconds),