diff --git a/src/gui/game/GameController.cpp b/src/gui/game/GameController.cpp
index fc8e00676..20324082e 100644
--- a/src/gui/game/GameController.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/game/GameController.cpp
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@
 #include "Tool.h"
 
 #include "GameControllerEvents.h"
-#ifdef LUACONSOLE
-# include "lua/LuaScriptInterface.h"
-#else
-# include "lua/TPTScriptInterface.h"
-#endif
+#include "lua/CommandInterface.h"
 
 #include "client/Client.h"
 #include "client/GameSave.h"
@@ -94,11 +90,7 @@ GameController::GameController():
 
 	gameView->SetDebugHUD(Client::Ref().GetPrefBool("Renderer.DebugMode", false));
 
-#ifdef LUACONSOLE
-	commandInterface = new LuaScriptInterface(this, gameModel);
-#else
-	commandInterface = new TPTScriptInterface(this, gameModel);
-#endif
+	commandInterface = CommandInterface::Create(this, gameModel);
 
 	Client::Ref().AddListener(this);
 
@@ -733,9 +725,7 @@ void GameController::Tick()
 {
 	if(firstTick)
 	{
-#ifdef LUACONSOLE
-		((LuaScriptInterface*)commandInterface)->Init();
-#endif
+		commandInterface->Init();
 #if !defined(MACOSX)
 		if constexpr (INSTALL_CHECK)
 		{
diff --git a/src/lua/CommandInterface.h b/src/lua/CommandInterface.h
index 692b31a8e..d5513ffad 100644
--- a/src/lua/CommandInterface.h
+++ b/src/lua/CommandInterface.h
@@ -14,15 +14,17 @@ protected:
 	String lastError;
 	GameModel * m;
 	GameController * c;
+	CommandInterface(GameController * c, GameModel * m);
+
 public:
 	enum LogType { LogError, LogWarning, LogNotice };
 	enum FormatType { FormatInt, FormatString, FormatChar, FormatFloat, FormatElement };
-	CommandInterface(GameController * c, GameModel * m);
 	int GetPropertyOffset(ByteString key, FormatType & format);
 	void Log(LogType type, String message);
 	//void AttachGameModel(GameModel * m);
 
 	virtual void OnTick() { }
+	virtual void Init() { }
 
 	virtual bool HandleEvent(const GameControllerEvent &event) { return true; }
 
@@ -34,4 +36,6 @@ public:
 	}
 	String GetLastError();
 	virtual ~CommandInterface();
+
+	static CommandInterface *Create(GameController * c, GameModel * m);
 };
diff --git a/src/lua/LuaScriptInterface.cpp b/src/lua/LuaScriptInterface.cpp
index 8ccd33ba0..7ea42683c 100644
--- a/src/lua/LuaScriptInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/lua/LuaScriptInterface.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "Config.h"
-#ifdef LUACONSOLE
 
 #include "client/http/Request.h" // includes curl.h, needs to come first to silence a warning on windows
 #include "bzip2/bz2wrap.h"
@@ -5029,4 +5028,7 @@ bool tpt_lua_equalsString(lua_State *L, int index, const char *data, size_t size
 	return lua_isstring(L, index) && lua_objlen(L, index) == size && !memcmp(lua_tostring(L, index), data, size);
 }
 
-#endif
+CommandInterface *CommandInterface::Create(GameController * c, GameModel * m)
+{
+	return new LuaScriptInterface(c, m);
+}
diff --git a/src/lua/LuaScriptInterface.h b/src/lua/LuaScriptInterface.h
index e8eaad9cf..363c8065a 100644
--- a/src/lua/LuaScriptInterface.h
+++ b/src/lua/LuaScriptInterface.h
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public:
 	void OnTick() override;
 	bool HandleEvent(const GameControllerEvent &event) override;
 
-	void Init();
+	void Init() override;
 	void SetWindow(ui::Window * window);
 	int Command(String command) override;
 	String FormatCommand(String command) override;
diff --git a/src/lua/PlainCommandInterface.cpp b/src/lua/PlainCommandInterface.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9763f82fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lua/PlainCommandInterface.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include "CommandInterface.h"
+#include "TPTScriptInterface.h"
+
+CommandInterface *CommandInterface::Create(GameController * c, GameModel * m)
+{
+	return new TPTScriptInterface(c, m);
+}
diff --git a/src/lua/TPTScriptInterface.cpp b/src/lua/TPTScriptInterface.cpp
index 66d63f5d6..3a05e5666 100644
--- a/src/lua/TPTScriptInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/lua/TPTScriptInterface.cpp
@@ -610,7 +610,3 @@ AnyType TPTScriptInterface::tptS_quit(std::deque<String> * words)
 
 	return NumberType(0);
 }
-
-TPTScriptInterface::~TPTScriptInterface() {
-}
-
diff --git a/src/lua/TPTScriptInterface.h b/src/lua/TPTScriptInterface.h
index 3aaaf8083..ef1f760a7 100644
--- a/src/lua/TPTScriptInterface.h
+++ b/src/lua/TPTScriptInterface.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <deque>
 
 class TPTScriptInterface: public CommandInterface {
-protected:
 	AnyType eval(std::deque<String> * words);
 	int parseNumber(String str);
 	AnyType tptS_set(std::deque<String> * words);
@@ -21,5 +20,4 @@ public:
 	TPTScriptInterface(GameController * c, GameModel * m);
 	int Command(String command) override;
 	String FormatCommand(String command) override;
-	virtual ~TPTScriptInterface();
 };
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 1aee21f8b..c6ed7006d 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ subdir('graphics')
 subdir('gui')
 if lua_variant != 'none'
 	subdir('lua')
+else
+	powder_files += files(
+		'lua/PlainCommandInterface.cpp',
+	)
 endif
 subdir('resampler')
 subdir('simulation')