diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 818e711135..fdef68c4cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arc-swap"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4d25d88fd6b8041580a654f9d0c581a047baee2b3efee13275f2fc392fc75034"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arr_macro"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -170,7 +176,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "kv-log-macro",
  "log",
  "memchr",
- "mio",
+ "mio 0.6.22",
  "mio-uds",
  "num_cpus",
  "once_cell",
@@ -440,11 +446,17 @@ version = "0.4.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7aa2097be53a00de9e8fc349fea6d76221f398f5c4fa550d420669906962d160"
 dependencies = [
- "mio",
+ "mio 0.6.22",
  "mio-extras",
  "nix 0.14.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cassowary"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df8670b8c7b9dae1793364eafadf7239c40d669904660c5960d74cfd80b46a53"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cast"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -950,6 +962,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossterm"
+version = "0.17.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f4919d60f26ae233e14233cc39746c8c8bb8cd7b05840ace83604917b51b6c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "crossterm_winapi",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "mio 0.7.0",
+ "parking_lot 0.10.2",
+ "signal-hook",
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossterm_winapi"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "057b7146d02fb50175fd7dbe5158f6097f33d02831f43b4ee8ae4ddf67b68f5c"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "csv"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -2527,12 +2564,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "kernel32-sys",
  "libc",
  "log",
- "miow",
+ "miow 0.2.1",
  "net2",
  "slab",
  "winapi 0.2.8",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mio"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e9971bc8349a361217a8f2a41f5d011274686bd4436465ba51730921039d7fb"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "miow 0.3.5",
+ "ntapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio-extras"
 version = "2.0.6"
@@ -2541,7 +2592,7 @@ checksum = "52403fe290012ce777c4626790c8951324a2b9e3316b3143779c72b029742f19"
 dependencies = [
  "lazycell",
  "log",
- "mio",
+ "mio 0.6.22",
  "slab",
 ]
 
@@ -2553,7 +2604,7 @@ checksum = "afcb699eb26d4332647cc848492bbc15eafb26f08d0304550d5aa1f612e066f0"
 dependencies = [
  "iovec",
  "libc",
- "mio",
+ "mio 0.6.22",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2568,6 +2619,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "ws2_32-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miow"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07b88fb9795d4d36d62a012dfbf49a8f5cf12751f36d31a9dbe66d528e58979e"
+dependencies = [
+ "socket2",
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mopa"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -2702,12 +2763,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "fsevent-sys",
  "inotify",
  "libc",
- "mio",
+ "mio 0.6.22",
  "mio-extras",
  "walkdir",
  "winapi 0.3.8",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ntapi"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a31937dea023539c72ddae0e3571deadc1414b300483fa7aaec176168cfa9d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num"
 version = "0.1.42"
@@ -3909,6 +3979,27 @@ version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5752e017e03af9d735b4b069f53b7a7fd90fefafa04d8bd0c25581b0bff437f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook"
+version = "0.1.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "604508c1418b99dfe1925ca9224829bb2a8a9a04dda655cc01fcad46f4ab05ed"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "mio 0.7.0",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-registry"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94f478ede9f64724c5d173d7bb56099ec3e2d9fc2774aac65d34b8b890405f41"
+dependencies = [
+ "arc-swap",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -3956,6 +4047,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "smithay-client-toolkit",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "socket2"
+version = "0.3.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03088793f677dce356f3ccc2edb1b314ad191ab702a5de3faf49304f7e104918"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "specs"
 version = "0.16.1"
@@ -4266,7 +4369,7 @@ checksum = "5a09c0b5bb588872ab2f09afa13ee6e9dac11e10a0ec9e8e3ba39a5a5d530af6"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures 0.1.29",
- "mio",
+ "mio 0.6.22",
  "num_cpus",
  "tokio-current-thread",
  "tokio-executor",
@@ -4328,7 +4431,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.1.29",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
- "mio",
+ "mio 0.6.22",
  "num_cpus",
  "parking_lot 0.9.0",
  "slab",
@@ -4356,7 +4459,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures 0.1.29",
  "iovec",
- "mio",
+ "mio 0.6.22",
  "tokio-io",
  "tokio-reactor",
 ]
@@ -4517,6 +4620,19 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e604eb7b43c06650e854be16a2a03155743d3752dd1c943f6829e26b7a36e382"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tui"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a977b0bb2e2033a6fef950f218f13622c3c34e59754b704ce3492dedab1dfe95"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cassowary",
+ "crossterm",
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tuple_utils"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -4785,8 +4901,11 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "veloren-server-cli"
 version = "0.7.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "crossterm",
+ "lazy_static",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
+ "tui",
  "veloren-common",
  "veloren-server",
 ]
@@ -5025,7 +5144,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "calloop",
  "downcast-rs",
  "libc",
- "mio",
+ "mio 0.6.22",
  "nix 0.14.1",
  "wayland-commons",
  "wayland-scanner",
@@ -5162,7 +5281,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "log",
- "mio",
+ "mio 0.6.22",
  "mio-extras",
  "ndk",
  "ndk-glue",
diff --git a/server-cli/Cargo.toml b/server-cli/Cargo.toml
index 93ab4b095b..207caf9dfb 100644
--- a/server-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ common = { package = "veloren-common", path = "../common" }
 
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.2.3", default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt", "chrono", "ansi", "smallvec"] }
+crossterm = "0.17"
+tui = { version = "0.10", default-features = false, features = ['crossterm'] }
+lazy_static = "1"
diff --git a/server-cli/src/main.rs b/server-cli/src/main.rs
index 3668f8c97a..d5769a1307 100644
--- a/server-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/server-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,33 @@
 #![deny(unsafe_code)]
 
+#[macro_use] extern crate lazy_static;
+
 use common::clock::Clock;
 use server::{Event, Input, Server, ServerSettings};
-use std::time::Duration;
-use tracing::{info, Level};
+use tracing::{error, info, Level};
 use tracing_subscriber::{filter::LevelFilter, EnvFilter, FmtSubscriber};
 
+use std::{
+    io::{self, Write},
+    sync::{mpsc, Arc, Mutex},
+    time::Duration,
+};
+use tui::{
+    backend::CrosstermBackend,
+    layout::{Constraint, Direction, Layout},
+    text::Text,
+    widgets::{Block, Borders, Paragraph, Wrap},
+    Terminal,
+};
+
 const TPS: u64 = 30;
 const RUST_LOG_ENV: &str = "RUST_LOG";
 
-fn main() {
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref LOG: TuiLog<'static> = TuiLog::default();
+}
+
+fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     // Init logging
     let filter = match std::env::var_os(RUST_LOG_ENV).map(|s| s.into_string()) {
         Some(Ok(env)) => {
@@ -33,8 +51,87 @@ fn main() {
     FmtSubscriber::builder()
         .with_max_level(Level::ERROR)
         .with_env_filter(filter)
+        .with_writer(|| LOG.clone())
         .init();
 
+    let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel();
+
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        // Start the tui
+        let stdout = io::stdout();
+        let backend = CrosstermBackend::new(stdout);
+        let mut terminal = Terminal::new(backend).unwrap();
+
+        crossterm::terminal::enable_raw_mode().unwrap();
+
+        let mut input = String::new();
+
+        let _ = terminal.clear();
+
+        loop {
+            let _ = terminal.draw(|f| {
+                let chunks = Layout::default()
+                    .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+                    .constraints([Constraint::Max(u16::MAX), Constraint::Max(3)].as_ref())
+                    .split(f.size());
+
+                let block = Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL);
+                let size = block.inner(chunks[0]);
+
+                LOG.resize(size.height as usize);
+
+                let logger = Paragraph::new(LOG.inner.lock().unwrap().clone())
+                    .block(block)
+                    .wrap(Wrap { trim: false });
+                f.render_widget(logger, chunks[0]);
+
+                let text: Text = input.as_str().into();
+
+                let block = Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL);
+                let size = block.inner(chunks[1]);
+
+                let x = (size.x + text.width() as u16).min(size.width);
+
+                let input_field = Paragraph::new(text).block(block);
+                f.render_widget(input_field, chunks[1]);
+
+                f.set_cursor(x, size.y);
+
+                use crossterm::event::{KeyModifiers, *};
+
+                if poll(Duration::from_millis(50)).unwrap() {
+                    // It's guaranteed that the `read()` won't block when the `poll()`
+                    // function returns `true`
+                    match read().unwrap() {
+                        Event::Key(event) => match event.code {
+                            KeyCode::Char('c') => {
+                                if event.modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::CONTROL) {
+                                    sender.send(Message::Quit).unwrap()
+                                } else {
+                                    input.push('c');
+                                }
+                            },
+                            KeyCode::Char(c) => input.push(c),
+                            KeyCode::Backspace => {
+                                input.pop();
+                            },
+                            KeyCode::Enter => {
+                                match input.as_str() {
+                                    "quit" => sender.send(Message::Quit).unwrap(),
+                                    _ => error!("invalid command"),
+                                }
+
+                                input = String::new();
+                            },
+                            _ => {},
+                        },
+                        _ => {},
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    });
+
     info!("Starting server...");
 
     // Set up an fps clock
@@ -44,7 +141,6 @@ fn main() {
     let settings = ServerSettings::load();
     let server_port = &settings.gameserver_address.port();
     let metrics_port = &settings.metrics_address.port();
-
     // Create server
     let mut server = Server::new(settings).expect("Failed to create server instance!");
 
@@ -68,7 +164,56 @@ fn main() {
         // Clean up the server after a tick.
         server.cleanup();
 
+        match receiver.try_recv() {
+            Ok(msg) => match msg {
+                Message::Quit => {
+                    info!("Closing the server");
+                    break;
+                },
+            },
+            Err(e) => match e {
+                mpsc::TryRecvError::Empty => {},
+                mpsc::TryRecvError::Disconnected => panic!(),
+            },
+        };
+
         // Wait for the next tick.
         clock.tick(Duration::from_millis(1000 / TPS));
     }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
+struct TuiLog<'a> {
+    inner: Arc<Mutex<Text<'a>>>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> TuiLog<'a> {
+    fn resize(&self, h: usize) {
+        let mut inner = self.inner.lock().unwrap();
+
+        if inner.height() > h {
+            let length = inner.height() - h;
+            inner.lines.drain(0..length);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Write for TuiLog<'a> {
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        let line = String::from_utf8(buf.into())
+            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, e))?;
+
+        self.inner.lock().unwrap().lines.push(From::from(line));
+
+        Ok(buf.len())
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> { Ok(()) }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
+enum Message {
+    Quit,
 }