diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 0218f649b..444a7929e 100755
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ X move the DEBUG flag into an external file or preferences.txt
 X   will help us with debugging w/ others as well
 X   change to debug.txt; too confusing with the folder thing
 X replace java.util.logging code with built-in logging
+X split gui and non-gui portions of console for earlier startup
 _ blank window on startup where the "welcome" screen should be
 _   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/3933
 _   this may be fixed (removed invokeLater() on startup), unconfirmed