diff --git a/tests/test_console_reader.py b/tests/test_console_reader.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b823e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_console_reader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+'''
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2008 Noah Spurrier, Richard Holden, Marco Molteni, Kimberley Burchett, Robert Stone,
+Hartmut Goebel, Chad Schroeder, Erick Tryzelaar, Dave Kirby, Ids vander Molen, George Todd,
+Noel Taylor, Nicolas D. Cesar, Alexander Gattin, Geoffrey Marshall, Francisco Lourenco, Glen Mabey,
+Karthik Gurusamy, Fernando Perez, Corey Minyard, Jon Cohen, Guillaume Chazarain, Andrew Ryan,
+Nick Craig-Wood, Andrew Stone, Jorgen Grahn, Benedek Racz
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+'''
+
+import wexpect
+import time
+import unittest
+import win32process
+import win32api
+import os
+from . import PexpectTestCase
+
+
+if "RUN_CONSOLE_READER_TEST" not in os.environ:
+    skip = True
+
+class ConsoleReaderTestCase(PexpectTestCase.PexpectTestCase):
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(skip, "Skipping test")
+    def test_console_reader(self):
+        
+    
+        pid = win32process.GetCurrentProcessId()
+        tid = win32api.GetCurrentThreadId()
+        args = ['sleep', '1']
+        
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            wexpect.ConsoleReader(wexpect.join_args(args), tid=tid, pid=pid, cp=1250, logdir='wexpect')
+
+        os.system('cls')
+            
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
+
+suite = unittest.makeSuite(ConsoleReaderTestCase,'test')
diff --git a/wexpect.py b/wexpect.py
index 279a9f3..71ebe82 100644
--- a/wexpect.py
+++ b/wexpect.py
@@ -1720,10 +1720,8 @@ class Wtty:
         self.switchTo()
         try:
             win32gui.ShowWindow(win32console.GetConsoleWindow(), win32con.SW_SHOW)
-        except:
+        finally:
             self.switchBack()
-            raise
-        self.switchBack()
         
     def stop_interact(self):
         """Hides the child console."""
@@ -1731,10 +1729,8 @@ class Wtty:
         self.switchTo()
         try:
             win32gui.ShowWindow(win32console.GetConsoleWindow(), win32con.SW_HIDE)
-        except:
+        finally:
             self.switchBack()
-            raise
-        self.switchBack()
     
     def isalive(self, console=False):
         """True if the child is still alive, false otherwise"""