diff --git a/convex-cli/src/main/java/convex/cli/ACommand.java b/convex-cli/src/main/java/convex/cli/ACommand.java
index 3e0c051b1..ba1737253 100644
--- a/convex-cli/src/main/java/convex/cli/ACommand.java
+++ b/convex-cli/src/main/java/convex/cli/ACommand.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package convex.cli;
 
+import java.io.Console;
 import java.util.Scanner;
 
 import convex.cli.output.Coloured;
@@ -94,6 +95,17 @@ public String prompt(String string) {
 			return s;
 		}
 	}
+	
+	public char[] readPassword(String prompt) {
+		Console c = System.console();
+		if (c == null) {
+			throw new CLIError(
+					"Unable to request password because console is unavaiable. Consider passing a password parameter, or running in interactive mode.");
+		}
+		
+		if (isColoured()) prompt = Coloured.blue(prompt);
+		return c.readPassword(prompt);
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Checks if the CLI should output ANSI colours
diff --git a/convex-cli/src/main/java/convex/cli/Main.java b/convex-cli/src/main/java/convex/cli/Main.java
index f012ca7f2..3f9f1129e 100644
--- a/convex-cli/src/main/java/convex/cli/Main.java
+++ b/convex-cli/src/main/java/convex/cli/Main.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package convex.cli;
 
-import java.io.Console;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
@@ -334,16 +333,7 @@ public boolean isInteractive() {
 		return !nonInteractive;
 	}
 
-	public char[] readPassword(String prompt) {
-		Console c = System.console();
-		if (c == null) {
-			throw new CLIError(
-					"Unable to request password because console is unavaiable. Consider passing a password parameter, or running in interactive mode.");
-		}
-		
-		if (!noColour) prompt = Coloured.blue(prompt);
-		return c.readPassword(prompt);
-	}
+
 
 	public void informSuccess(String message) {
 		inform(1, noColour?message:Coloured.green(message));