diff --git a/src/java/org/xj3d/ui/awt/widgets/AWTConsoleWindow.java b/src/java/org/xj3d/ui/awt/widgets/AWTConsoleWindow.java
index 5a7d1f41368c5ff8ec49b5ed946e2206fe993107..5126bb6d5d2e7b9066f1e3fb8e13bbb7c872b130 100644
--- a/src/java/org/xj3d/ui/awt/widgets/AWTConsoleWindow.java
+++ b/src/java/org/xj3d/ui/awt/widgets/AWTConsoleWindow.java
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ import java.awt.*;
 
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 // Local imports
 import org.web3d.util.Xj3dVersionInformation;
@@ -33,15 +36,17 @@ import org.web3d.vrml.sav.DocumentLocator;
  * @author Justin Couch
  * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
  */
-public class AWTConsoleWindow extends Frame
-        implements ActionListener, ErrorHandler {
-
+public class AWTConsoleWindow extends Frame implements ActionListener, ErrorHandler
+{
     /** The textfield to put the error information in */
     private TextArea errorField;
 
     /** Clear button to remove stuff from window */
     private Button clearButton;
 
+    /** Issues button to launch issues list */
+    private Button issuesButton;
+
     /** DocumentLocator used for printing out line/column information */
     private DocumentLocator docLocator;
 
@@ -63,9 +68,14 @@ public class AWTConsoleWindow extends Frame
 
         clearButton = new Button("Clear");
         clearButton.addActionListener(AWTConsoleWindow.this);
-
         p1.add(clearButton);
 
+        issuesButton = new Button("Issues list");
+        issuesButton.addActionListener(AWTConsoleWindow.this);
+        if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported() && Desktop.getDesktop().isSupported(Desktop.Action.BROWSE))
+            p1.add(issuesButton);
+        else System.out.println("Unable to support issues button, this installation does not support Java Desktop");
+
         setSize(800, 600); // wide enough for typical paths
         setLocation(80, 80);
 
@@ -249,7 +259,26 @@ public class AWTConsoleWindow extends Frame
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
         Object src = evt.getSource();
 
-        if(src == clearButton)
+        if      (src == clearButton)
+        {
             errorField.setText("");
         }
+        else if (src == issuesButton)
+        {
+            String issuesUrl = "https://gitlab.nps.edu/Savage/xj3d/issues";
+            // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5226212/how-to-open-url-in-default-webbrowser-using-java
+            if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported() && Desktop.getDesktop().isSupported(Desktop.Action.BROWSE))
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    URI issuesURI = new URI(issuesUrl);
+                    Desktop.getDesktop().browse(issuesURI);
+                }
+                catch (IOException | URISyntaxException e)
+                {
+                    System.err.println("Unable to connect to " + issuesUrl);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
     }