diff --git a/packages/web_ui/src/components/LogConsole.tsx b/packages/web_ui/src/components/LogConsole.tsx
index f422a73c..13332bc7 100644
--- a/packages/web_ui/src/components/LogConsole.tsx
+++ b/packages/web_ui/src/components/LogConsole.tsx
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ import { Select, Typography } from "antd";
 import * as lib from "@clusterio/lib";
 
 import { useAccount } from "../model/account";
+import useLocalStorage from "../util/useLocalStorage";
 import ControlContext from "./ControlContext";
 
 const { Paragraph } = Typography;
 
+const consoleHeightKey = "instance-console-height";
+const defaultConsoleHeight = 300;
+
 type Parsed = {
 	format: string;
 	type: string;
@@ -99,6 +103,28 @@ export default function LogConsole(props: LogConsoleProps) {
 	let anchor = useRef<any>();
 	let [pastLines, setPastLines] = useState([<span key={0}>{"Loading past entries..."}<br/></span>]);
 	let [lines, setLines] = useState<ReactElement[]>([]);
+	const [consoleHeight, setConsoleHeight] = useLocalStorage(consoleHeightKey, defaultConsoleHeight);
+	const consoleHeightRef = useRef(consoleHeight);
+	consoleHeightRef.current = consoleHeight;
+
+	// Persist the height the user drag-resizes the console to, so it is restored
+	// on the next visit. The scroll container is the <code> element wrapping the
+	// anchor.
+	useEffect(() => {
+		const element = anchor.current?.parentElement as HTMLElement | undefined;
+		if (!element || typeof ResizeObserver === "undefined") {
+			return undefined;
+		}
+		const observer = new ResizeObserver(() => {
+			const next = Math.round(element.offsetHeight);
+			if (next && next !== consoleHeightRef.current) {
+				consoleHeightRef.current = next;
+				setConsoleHeight(next);
+			}
+		});
+		observer.observe(element);
+		return () => observer.disconnect();
+	}, []);
 
 	useEffect(() => {
 		let logFilter = {
@@ -163,7 +189,11 @@ export default function LogConsole(props: LogConsoleProps) {
 	]);
 
 	return <>
-		<Paragraph code className="instance-console">
+		<Paragraph
+			code
+			className="instance-console"
+			style={{ "--console-height": `${consoleHeight}px` } as React.CSSProperties}
+		>
 			{pastLines}
 			{lines}
 			<div className="scroll-anchor" key="anchor" ref={anchor} />
diff --git a/packages/web_ui/src/style.css b/packages/web_ui/src/style.css
index ef9fcdf4..d04ca110 100644
--- a/packages/web_ui/src/style.css
+++ b/packages/web_ui/src/style.css
@@ -171,13 +171,19 @@ body {
 	margin: 0;
 	background: #000;
 	border-color: #252525;
-	height: 300px;
+	/* Height is driven by --console-height (set from the persisted user choice)
+	   so the console can be drag-resized; the resize handle needs a non-visible
+	   overflow, which overflow-y: scroll provides. */
+	height: var(--console-height, 300px);
+	min-height: 100px;
+	resize: vertical;
 	overflow-y: scroll;
 	white-space: pre-wrap;
 
 	/* Make sure there's at least one pixel of scroll space, this */
-	/* is necessary for the view to stick on the scroll anchor. */
-	padding-top: 300px;
+	/* is necessary for the view to stick on the scroll anchor. Tracks the */
+	/* height so the pin-to-bottom keeps working at any size. */
+	padding-top: var(--console-height, 300px);
 }
 
 .instance-console .factorio-time {