diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/Process.h b/kernel/include/kernel/Process.h
index 3b359453..406561ae 100644
--- a/kernel/include/kernel/Process.h
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/Process.h
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 		BAN::ErrorOr<long> sys_load_keymap(const char* path);
 
-		TTY& tty() { ASSERT(m_controlling_terminal); return *m_controlling_terminal; }
+		BAN::RefPtr<TTY> controlling_terminal() { return m_controlling_terminal; }
 
 		static Process& current() { return Thread::current().process(); }
 
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Terminal/TTY.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Terminal/TTY.cpp
index aecd9a0f..e8c26f25 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/Terminal/TTY.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Terminal/TTY.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,42 @@
 namespace Kernel
 {
 
+	class DevTTY : public TmpInode
+	{
+	public:
+		static BAN::ErrorOr<BAN::RefPtr<DevTTY>> create(mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
+		{
+			return TRY(BAN::RefPtr<DevTTY>::create(mode | Inode::Mode::IFLNK, uid, gid));
+		}
+
+	protected:
+		BAN::ErrorOr<BAN::String> link_target_impl() override
+		{
+			auto terminal = Process::current().controlling_terminal();
+			if (!terminal)
+				return BAN::Error::from_errno(ENODEV);
+			return TRY(BAN::String::formatted("/dev/{}", terminal->name()));
+		}
+
+		bool can_read_impl() const override { return false; }
+		bool can_write_impl() const override { return false; }
+		bool has_error_impl() const override { return false; }
+
+	private:
+		DevTTY(mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
+			: TmpInode(
+				DevFileSystem::get(),
+				MUST(DevFileSystem::get().allocate_inode(create_inode_info(mode, uid, gid))),
+				create_inode_info(mode, uid, gid)
+			)
+		{
+			ASSERT(this->mode().iflnk());
+		}
+
+	private:
+		friend class BAN::RefPtr<DevTTY>;
+	};
+
 	static BAN::RefPtr<TTY> s_tty;
 
 	static dev_t next_tty_rdev()
@@ -51,20 +87,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 	{
 		s_tty = this;
 		clear();
-
-		auto inode_or_error = DevFileSystem::get().root_inode()->find_inode("tty"_sv);
-		if (inode_or_error.is_error())
-		{
-			if (inode_or_error.error().get_error_code() == ENOENT)
-				DevFileSystem::get().add_inode("tty"_sv, MUST(TmpSymlinkInode::create_new(DevFileSystem::get(), 0666, 0, 0, s_tty->name())));
-			else
-				dwarnln("{}", inode_or_error.error());
-			return;
-		}
-
-		auto inode = inode_or_error.release_value();
-		if (inode->mode().iflnk())
-			MUST(static_cast<TmpSymlinkInode&>(*inode.ptr()).set_link_target(name()));
 	}
 
 	BAN::ErrorOr<void> TTY::tty_ctrl(int command, int flags)
@@ -138,6 +160,8 @@ namespace Kernel
 		auto* thread = MUST(Thread::create_kernel(&TTY::keyboard_task, nullptr, nullptr));
 		MUST(Processor::scheduler().add_thread(thread));
 
+		DevFileSystem::get().add_inode("tty", MUST(DevTTY::create(0666, 0, 0)));
+
 		initialized = true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/kernel.cpp b/kernel/kernel/kernel.cpp
index 17be7857..0956cec1 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/kernel.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/kernel.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ static void init2(void*)
 	TTY::initialize_devices();
 
 	MUST(Process::create_userspace({ 0, 0, 0, 0 }, "/usr/bin/init"_sv, {}));
+
+	auto console_path = MUST(BAN::String::formatted("/dev/{}", cmdline.console));
+	auto console_path_sv = console_path.sv();
+	MUST(Process::create_userspace({ 0, 0, 0, 0 }, "/usr/bin/init"_sv, BAN::Span<BAN::StringView>(&console_path_sv, 1)));
 }
 
 extern "C" void ap_main()
diff --git a/userspace/programs/init/main.cpp b/userspace/programs/init/main.cpp
index 983afbb4..7ddc530c 100644
--- a/userspace/programs/init/main.cpp
+++ b/userspace/programs/init/main.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include <BAN/Optional.h>
 #include <BAN/Vector.h>
 
-#include <ctype.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -11,18 +10,16 @@
 #include <sys/banan-os.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 
-void initialize_stdio()
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-	const char* tty = "/dev/tty";
-	if (open(tty, O_RDONLY | O_TTY_INIT) != 0) _exit(1);
-	if (open(tty, O_WRONLY) != 1) _exit(1);
-	if (open(tty, O_WRONLY) != 2) _exit(1);
-	if (open("/dev/debug", O_WRONLY) != 3) _exit(1);
-}
+	ASSERT(argc == 2);
 
-int main()
-{
-	initialize_stdio();
+	const char* tty_name = argv[1];
+
+	if (open(tty_name, O_RDONLY | O_TTY_INIT) != 0) _exit(1);
+	if (open(tty_name, O_WRONLY) != 1) _exit(1);
+	if (open(tty_name, O_WRONLY) != 2) _exit(1);
+	if (open("/dev/debug", O_WRONLY) != 3) _exit(1);
 
 	if (signal(SIGINT, [](int) {}) == SIG_ERR)
 		perror("signal");
@@ -80,18 +77,6 @@ int main()
 		if (pwd == nullptr)
 			continue;
 
-		if (chown("/dev/tty", pwd->pw_uid, pwd->pw_gid) == -1)
-		{
-			perror("chown");
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		if (chmod("/dev/tty", 0600) == -1)
-		{
-			perror("chmod");
-			continue;
-		}
-
 		pid_t pid = fork();
 		if (pid == 0)
 		{