diff --git a/client/modules/IDE/components/PreviewFrame.jsx b/client/modules/IDE/components/PreviewFrame.jsx
index b3f9fade..6b0832e5 100644
--- a/client/modules/IDE/components/PreviewFrame.jsx
+++ b/client/modules/IDE/components/PreviewFrame.jsx
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ class PreviewFrame extends React.Component {
   }
 
   renderSketch() {
+    this.props.clearConsole();
     const doc = this.iframeElement;
     const localFiles = this.injectLocalFiles();
     if (this.props.isPlaying) {
@@ -378,7 +379,8 @@ PreviewFrame.propTypes = {
   fullView: PropTypes.bool,
   setBlobUrl: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   stopSketch: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-  expandConsole: PropTypes.func.isRequired
+  expandConsole: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  clearConsole: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
 };
 
 PreviewFrame.defaultProps = {
diff --git a/client/modules/IDE/pages/IDEView.jsx b/client/modules/IDE/pages/IDEView.jsx
index 5967c9e3..ba8ed8c4 100644
--- a/client/modules/IDE/pages/IDEView.jsx
+++ b/client/modules/IDE/pages/IDEView.jsx
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ class IDEView extends React.Component {
                     stopSketch={this.props.stopSketch}
                     setBlobUrl={this.props.setBlobUrl}
                     expandConsole={this.props.expandConsole}
+                    clearConsole={this.props.clearConsole}
                   />
                 </div>
               </div>