diff --git a/arquillian/container-managed-domain/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/arquillian/container/domain/managed/DomainLifecycleUtil.java b/arquillian/container-managed-domain/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/arquillian/container/domain/managed/DomainLifecycleUtil.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/arquillian/container-managed-domain/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/arquillian/container/domain/managed/DomainLifecycleUtil.java
+++ b/arquillian/container-managed-domain/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/arquillian/container/domain/managed/DomainLifecycleUtil.java
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ public class DomainLifecycleUtil {
                 public Boolean run() {
                     // this needs a better name
                     String val = System.getProperty("org.jboss.as.writeconsole");
-                    return val != null && "true".equals(val);
+                    return val == null || !"false".equals(val);
                 }
             });
             String line = null;
Dump domain process consoles to test-output.txt by default