diff --git a/src/Neo.CLI/CLI/MainService.cs b/src/Neo.CLI/CLI/MainService.cs
index 4b0fccb343..b8d52a6a02 100644
--- a/src/Neo.CLI/CLI/MainService.cs
+++ b/src/Neo.CLI/CLI/MainService.cs
@@ -346,11 +346,10 @@ private byte[] LoadUpdateScript(UInt160 scriptHash, string nefFilePath, string m
             }
         }
 
-        public override void OnStart(string[] args)
+        public override bool OnStart(string[] args)
         {
-            base.OnStart(args);
-            OnStartWithCommandLine(args);
-
+            if (!base.OnStart(args)) return false;
+            return OnStartWithCommandLine(args) != 1;
         }
 
         public override void OnStop()
diff --git a/src/Neo.ConsoleService/ConsoleServiceBase.cs b/src/Neo.ConsoleService/ConsoleServiceBase.cs
index 8b169fb808..1da87354fb 100644
--- a/src/Neo.ConsoleService/ConsoleServiceBase.cs
+++ b/src/Neo.ConsoleService/ConsoleServiceBase.cs
@@ -283,12 +283,13 @@ protected void OnExit()
 
         #endregion
 
-        public virtual void OnStart(string[] args)
+        public virtual bool OnStart(string[] args)
         {
             // Register sigterm event handler
             AssemblyLoadContext.Default.Unloading += SigTermEventHandler;
             // Register sigint event handler
             Console.CancelKeyPress += CancelHandler;
+            return true;
         }
 
         public virtual void OnStop()
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ public void Run(string[] args)
         {
             if (Environment.UserInteractive)
             {
-                if (args.Length > 0 && args[0] == "/install")
+                if (args.Length == 1 && args[0] == "/install")
                 {
                     if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform != PlatformID.Win32NT)
                     {
@@ -457,7 +458,7 @@ public void Run(string[] args)
                         Console.Write(process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd());
                     }
                 }
-                else if (args.Length > 0 && args[0] == "/uninstall")
+                else if (args.Length == 1 && args[0] == "/uninstall")
                 {
                     if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform != PlatformID.Win32NT)
                     {
@@ -483,8 +484,7 @@ public void Run(string[] args)
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    OnStart(args);
-                    RunConsole();
+                    if (OnStart(args)) RunConsole();
                     OnStop();
                 }
             }