diff --git a/components/console/commands.c b/components/console/commands.c
index 9ef3f4d3fa..0bd72c5221 100644
--- a/components/console/commands.c
+++ b/components/console/commands.c
@@ -41,14 +41,13 @@ typedef struct cmd_item_ {
 static SLIST_HEAD(cmd_list_, cmd_item_) s_cmd_list;
 
 /** run-time configuration options */
-static esp_console_config_t s_config;
+static esp_console_config_t s_config = {
+    .heap_alloc_caps = MALLOC_CAP_DEFAULT
+};
 
 /** temporary buffer used for command line parsing */
 static char *s_tmp_line_buf;
 
-/** for internal allocations */
-static uint32_t s_heap_alloc_caps = MALLOC_CAP_DEFAULT;
-
 static const cmd_item_t *find_command_by_name(const char *name);
 
 esp_err_t esp_console_init(const esp_console_config_t *config)
@@ -64,9 +63,9 @@ esp_err_t esp_console_init(const esp_console_config_t *config)
         s_config.hint_color = ANSI_COLOR_DEFAULT;
     }
     if (config->heap_alloc_caps != 0) {
-        s_heap_alloc_caps = config->heap_alloc_caps;
+        s_config.heap_alloc_caps = config->heap_alloc_caps;
     }
-    s_tmp_line_buf = heap_caps_calloc(config->max_cmdline_length, 1, s_heap_alloc_caps);
+    s_tmp_line_buf = heap_caps_calloc(1, config->max_cmdline_length, s_config.heap_alloc_caps);
     if (s_tmp_line_buf == NULL) {
         return ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
     }
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_console_cmd_register(const esp_console_cmd_t *cmd)
     item = (cmd_item_t *)find_command_by_name(cmd->command);
     if (!item) {
         // not registered before
-        item = heap_caps_calloc(1, sizeof(*item), s_heap_alloc_caps);
+        item = heap_caps_calloc(1, sizeof(*item), s_config.heap_alloc_caps);
         if (item == NULL) {
             return ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
         }
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_console_run(const char *cmdline, int *cmd_ret)
     if (s_tmp_line_buf == NULL) {
         return ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE;
     }
-    char **argv = (char **) heap_caps_calloc(s_config.max_cmdline_args, sizeof(char *), s_heap_alloc_caps);
+    char **argv = (char **) heap_caps_calloc(s_config.max_cmdline_args, sizeof(char *), s_config.heap_alloc_caps);
     if (argv == NULL) {
         return ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
     }
diff --git a/components/console/esp_console.h b/components/console/esp_console.h
index a270294b92..7ad8155a6b 100644
--- a/components/console/esp_console.h
+++ b/components/console/esp_console.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ typedef struct linenoiseCompletions linenoiseCompletions;
 typedef struct {
     size_t max_cmdline_length;  //!< length of command line buffer, in bytes
     size_t max_cmdline_args;    //!< maximum number of command line arguments to parse
-    uint32_t heap_alloc_caps;   //!< where to place internal allocations (e.g. MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM)
+    uint32_t heap_alloc_caps;   //!< where to (e.g. MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM) allocate heap objects such as cmds used by esp_console
     int hint_color;             //!< ASCII color code of hint text
     int hint_bold;              //!< Set to 1 to print hint text in bold
 } esp_console_config_t;