diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/main.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/main.cs
index 19abe349b2..b4847dc60a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/main.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/main.cs
@@ -533,7 +533,6 @@ OPTIONS
         {
             // Set up the control-C handler.
             Console.CancelKeyPress += new ConsoleCancelEventHandler(this.HandleControlC);
-            //Console.TreatControlCAsInput = false;
 
             string initialCommand = String.Empty;
 
@@ -557,7 +556,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
                 this.myHost.UI.Write(ConsoleColor.White, Console.BackgroundColor, prompt);
 
-                ConsoleReadLine.ReadResult result = consoleReadLine.Read(this.myHost.Runspace, false, initialCommand);
+                ConsoleReadLine.ReadResult result = consoleReadLine.Read(this.myHost.Runspace, this.myHost.UI, false, initialCommand);
                 
                 switch(result.state)
                 {
@@ -596,9 +595,9 @@ OPTIONS
             while (resumeAction == null)
             {
                 string prompt = incompleteLine ? ">> " : "[DBG] PS >> ";
-                Console.Write(prompt);
+                this.myHost.UI.Write(prompt);
 
-                ConsoleReadLine.ReadResult result = consoleReadLine.Read(this.myHost.Runspace, true, initialCommand);
+                ConsoleReadLine.ReadResult result = consoleReadLine.Read(this.myHost.Runspace, this.myHost.UI, true, initialCommand);
                 
                 switch(result.state)
                 {
@@ -622,7 +621,7 @@ OPTIONS
                 {
                     foreach (var item in output.ReadAll())
                     {
-                        Console.WriteLine(item);
+                        this.myHost.UI.WriteLine(item.ToString());
                     }
                 };
 
@@ -679,8 +678,8 @@ OPTIONS
             // Show help message only once.
             if (!_showHelpMessage)
             {
-                Console.WriteLine("Entering debug mode. Type 'h' to get help.");
-                Console.WriteLine();
+                this.myHost.UI.WriteLine("Entering debug mode. Type 'h' to get help.");
+                this.myHost.UI.WriteLine();
                 _showHelpMessage = true;
             }
 
@@ -688,12 +687,12 @@ OPTIONS
             // pertain to this debugger execution stop point.
             if (args.Breakpoints.Count > 0)
             {
-                Console.WriteLine("Debugger hit breakpoint on:");
+                this.myHost.UI.WriteLine("Debugger hit breakpoint on:");
                 foreach (var breakPoint in args.Breakpoints)
                 {
-                    Console.WriteLine(breakPoint.ToString());
+                    this.myHost.UI.WriteLine(breakPoint.ToString());
                 }
-                Console.WriteLine();
+                this.myHost.UI.WriteLine();
             }
 
             // Script position stop information.
@@ -701,8 +700,8 @@ OPTIONS
             // there is one.
             if (args.InvocationInfo != null)
             {
-                Console.WriteLine(args.InvocationInfo.PositionMessage);
-                Console.WriteLine();
+                this.myHost.UI.WriteLine(args.InvocationInfo.PositionMessage);
+                this.myHost.UI.WriteLine();
             }
 
             Console.ForegroundColor = saveFGColor;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/rawui.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/rawui.cs
index 48a83b508a..9b359a2daa 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/rawui.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/rawui.cs
@@ -122,14 +122,40 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
             set { Console.SetWindowSize(value.Width, value.Height); }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Cached Window Title, for systems that needs it
+        /// </summary>
+        private string title = String.Empty;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the title of the displayed window. The example
         /// maps the Console.Title property to the value of this property.
         /// </summary>
         public override string WindowTitle
         {
-            get { return Console.Title; }
-            set { Console.Title = value; }
+            get 
+            { 
+                // In Unix/Linux systems, Console.Title current results in a not-implemented
+                // exception.  In that case, we return a cached copy of title that was set earlier.
+                // Obviously, this will not work if: 1) Title was never set in PowerShell, or 2) 
+                // one sets the windows's title outside of PowerShell.  
+                string result;
+                try
+                {
+                    result = Console.Title;
+                }
+                catch (PlatformNotSupportedException)
+                {
+                    return title;
+                }
+                return result;
+            }
+
+            set 
+            { 
+                Console.Title = value;
+                title = value;
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/readline.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/readline.cs
index 1b60a901f4..b8695f2b65 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/readline.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/readline.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
     using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
     using System.IO;
     using System.Management.Automation;
+    using System.Management.Automation.Host;
     using System.Management.Automation.Runspaces;
     using System.Text;
 
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
         /// </summary>
         private PowerShell powershell = PowerShell.Create();
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Host's UserInterface  
+        /// </summary>
+        private PSHostUserInterface ui;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The buffer used to edit.
         /// </summary>
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
         /// We do not pick different colors for every token, those tokens
         /// use this default.
         /// </summary>
-        private ConsoleColor defaultColor = ConsoleColor.White;
+        private ConsoleColor defaultColor = Console.ForegroundColor;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// To keep track of whether we have hit "enter" key since last arrow up/down key
@@ -147,9 +153,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
         /// Read a line of text, colorizing while typing.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>The command line read</returns>
-        public ReadResult Read(Runspace runspace, bool nested, string initialValue)
+        public ReadResult Read(Runspace runspace, PSHostUserInterface hostUI, bool nested, string initialValue)
         {
             this.powershell.Runspace = runspace;
+            this.ui = hostUI;
             this.Initialize();
             bool commandComplete = false;
             bool abort = false;
@@ -603,15 +610,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
             {
                 OnEscape();
                 ConsoleColor saveFGColor = Console.ForegroundColor;
-                Console.Out.Write("(");
+                ui.Write("(");
                 Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
-                Console.Out.Write("{0}", failed);
+                ui.Write(String.Format("{0}", failed));
                 Console.ForegroundColor = saveFGColor;
-                Console.Out.Write("reverse-i-search)'{0}", searchString.ToString());
+                ui.Write(String.Format("reverse-i-search)'{0}", searchString.ToString()));
                 this.current = this.cursor.GetPosition();
-                Console.Out.Write("': ");
+                ui.Write("': ");
                 Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
-                Console.Out.Write("{0}", searchResult); 
+                ui.Write(String.Format("{0}", searchResult)); 
                 Console.ForegroundColor = saveFGColor;
                 this.rendered = this.cursor.GetPosition();
                 this.cursor.Place(this.current);
@@ -848,7 +855,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
         private string OnEnter()
         {
             this.newHistory = true;
-            Console.Out.WriteLine();
+            ui.WriteLine();
             return this.buffer.ToString();
         }
 
@@ -946,10 +953,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
 
             if (tokens.Count > 0)
             {
+                ConsoleColor saveFGColor = Console.ForegroundColor;
+
                 // Print leading blanks
                 if (tokens[0].Start != 0)
                 {
-                    Console.Out.Write(new string(' ', tokens[0].Start));
+                    ui.Write(new string(' ', tokens[0].Start));
                 }
 
                 // Place the cursor at the start of the first token to render.  The
@@ -964,7 +973,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
                     // use the actual text from our input because the content sometimes
                     // excludes part of the token, e.g. the quote characters of a string.
                     Console.ForegroundColor = this.tokenColors[(int)tokens[i].Type];
-                    Console.Out.Write(text.Substring(tokens[i].Start, tokens[i].Length));
+                    ui.Write(text.Substring(tokens[i].Start, tokens[i].Length));
 
                     // Whitespace doesn't show up in the array of tokens.  Write it out here.
                     if (i != (tokens.Count - 1))
@@ -972,7 +981,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
                         Console.ForegroundColor = this.defaultColor;
                         for (int j = (tokens[i].Start + tokens[i].Length); j < tokens[i + 1].Start; ++j)
                         {
-                            Console.Out.Write(text[j]);
+                            ui.Write(text[j].ToString());
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -982,8 +991,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
                 Console.ForegroundColor = this.defaultColor;
                 for (int j = tokens[i - 1].Start + tokens[i - 1].Length; j < text.Length; ++j)
                 {
-                    Console.Out.Write(text[j]);
+                    ui.Write(text[j].ToString());
                 }
+                
+                Console.ForegroundColor = saveFGColor;
             }
             else
             {
@@ -991,13 +1002,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
                 // happens most frequently when the first token is incomplete, like a string
                 // literal missing a closing quote.
                 this.cursor.Reset();
-                Console.Out.Write(text);
+                ui.Write(text);
             }
 
             // If characters were deleted, we must write over previously written characters
             if (text.Length < this.rendered)
             {
-                Console.Out.Write(new string(' ', this.rendered - text.Length));
+                ui.Write(new string(' ', this.rendered - text.Length));
             }
 
             this.rendered = text.Length;
@@ -1011,7 +1022,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host
         {
             ConsoleColor saveFGColor = Console.ForegroundColor;
             Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
-            Console.Out.WriteLine("^C");
+            ui.WriteLine("^C");
             Console.ForegroundColor = saveFGColor;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/ui.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/ui.cs
index 4d105d6556..04aed71c5c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/ui.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Linux.Host/ui.cs
@@ -349,10 +349,13 @@ ReadNext:
                 ConsoleColor backgroundColor,
                 string value)
         {
+            ConsoleColor oldFg = Console.ForegroundColor;
+            ConsoleColor oldBg = Console.BackgroundColor;
             Console.ForegroundColor = foregroundColor;
             Console.BackgroundColor = backgroundColor;
             Console.Write(value);
-            Console.ResetColor();
+            Console.ForegroundColor = oldFg;
+            Console.BackgroundColor = oldBg;
         }
 
 
@@ -368,10 +371,13 @@ ReadNext:
                 ConsoleColor backgroundColor,
                 string value)
         {
+            ConsoleColor oldFg = Console.ForegroundColor;
+            ConsoleColor oldBg = Console.BackgroundColor;
             Console.ForegroundColor = foregroundColor;
             Console.BackgroundColor = backgroundColor;
             Console.WriteLine(value);
-            Console.ResetColor();
+            Console.ForegroundColor = oldFg;
+            Console.BackgroundColor = oldBg;
         }
 
         /// <summary>