diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Ghidra.launch b/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Ghidra.launch
index a47acf5902..2c45f106e2 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Ghidra.launch
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Ghidra.launch
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
     <listAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.MODULEPATH"/>
     <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROGRAM_ARGUMENTS" value="ghidra.GhidraRun"/>
     <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROJECT_ATTR" value="Framework Utility"/>
-    <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.VM_ARGUMENTS" value="-XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -Djava.system.class.loader=ghidra.GhidraClassLoader -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -Duser.country=US -Duser.language=en -Dsun.java2d.pmoffscreen=false -Dsun.java2d.xrender=true -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Xdock:name=&quot;Ghidra&quot; -Dvisualvm.display.name=Ghidra"/>
+    <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.VM_ARGUMENTS" value="-XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -Djava.system.class.loader=ghidra.GhidraClassLoader -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -Duser.country=US -Duser.language=en -Dsun.java2d.pmoffscreen=false -Dsun.java2d.xrender=true -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Xdock:name=&quot;Ghidra&quot; -Dvisualvm.display.name=Ghidra -Dpython.console.encoding=UTF-8"/>
 </launchConfiguration>
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/interpreter/InterpreterComponentProvider.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/interpreter/InterpreterComponentProvider.java
index a51652fc3a..7823159b83 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/interpreter/InterpreterComponentProvider.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/interpreter/InterpreterComponentProvider.java
@@ -171,12 +171,15 @@ public class InterpreterComponentProvider extends ComponentProviderAdapter
 
 	@Override
 	public void componentActivated() {
-		// Call the callbacks
-		firstActivationCallbacks.forEach(l -> l.call());
 
-		// Since we only care about the first activation, clear the list
-		// of callbacks so future activations don't trigger anything.
+		// Since we only care about the first activation, clear the list of callbacks so future 
+		// activations don't trigger anything.  First save them off to a local list so when we
+		// process them we aren't affected by concurrent modification due to reentrance.
+		List<Callback> callbacks = new ArrayList<>(firstActivationCallbacks);
 		firstActivationCallbacks.clear();
+
+		// Call the callbacks
+		callbacks.forEach(l -> l.call());
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Common/support/launch.properties b/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Common/support/launch.properties
index 483bd1511b..be3256a7b1 100644
--- a/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Common/support/launch.properties
+++ b/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Common/support/launch.properties
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ VMARGS=-Dcpu.core.override=
 # Default font size for many java swing elements.
 VMARGS=-Dfont.size.override=
 
+# Set Jython console encoding (prevents a console error)
+VMARGS=-Dpython.console.encoding=UTF-8
+
 # Eclipse on macOS can have file locking issues if the user home directory is networked.  Therefore,
 # we will disable file locking by default for macOS. Comment the following line out if Eclipse file 
 # locking is needed and known to work.