diff --git a/pykd/dllmain.cpp b/pykd/dllmain.cpp
index 81978be..efb52b7 100644
--- a/pykd/dllmain.cpp
+++ b/pykd/dllmain.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( HMODULE hModule,
 	switch (ul_reason_for_call)
 	{
     case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
-        kdlib::initialize();
         break;
 
 	case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( HMODULE hModule,
         break;
 
 	case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
-         kdlib::uninitialize();
 		break;
 	}
 	return TRUE;
diff --git a/pykd/pymod.cpp b/pykd/pymod.cpp
index ed3e03c..a71b0cb 100644
--- a/pykd/pymod.cpp
+++ b/pykd/pymod.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE( pykd )
 
     python::scope().attr("version") = pykdVersion;
 
+    python::def( "initialize", &kdlib::initialize,
+        "Initialize debug engine, only for console mode" );
+    python::def( "deinitialize", &kdlib::uninitialize,
+        "Deintialize debug engine, only for console mode" );
+
    // DbgEng services 
     python::def( "setSymSrvDir", &kdlib::setSymSrvDir,
         "Set directory of SYMSRV.dll library.\nUsually this is a directory of WinDbg");
diff --git a/test/scripts/pykdtest.py b/test/scripts/pykdtest.py
index 40a4a67..294db95 100644
--- a/test/scripts/pykdtest.py
+++ b/test/scripts/pykdtest.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import customtypestest
 #import ehstatustest
 #import ehsymbolstest
 
+pykd.initialize()
+
 class StartProcessWithoutParamsTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def testStart(self):
        target.processId = pykd.startProcess( target.appPath )