diff --git a/weboob/tools/application/base.py b/weboob/tools/application/base.py
index 7a2ea1c2787e47a7e157f67273f50178da7f10f2..233a68998610051b341abccafdda8414778b18e8 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/application/base.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/application/base.py
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ class BaseApplication(object):
     # Copyright
     COPYRIGHT = None
 
+    stdin = sys.stdin
+    stdout = sys.stdout
+    stderr = sys.stderr
+
     # ------ Abstract methods --------------------------------------
     def create_weboob(self):
         return Weboob()
diff --git a/weboob/tools/application/console.py b/weboob/tools/application/console.py
index 6d08e40c2c1f968e5f31b768480c7dd07b6f1e0e..4dd11ba919df735444db640ee0381bda0eb3048c 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/application/console.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/application/console.py
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ class ConsoleApplication(BaseApplication):
         BOLD   = ''
         NC     = ''    # no color
 
-    stdin = sys.stdin
-    stdout = sys.stdout
-    stderr = sys.stderr
-
     def __init__(self, option_parser=None):
         BaseApplication.__init__(self, option_parser)
         self.weboob.callbacks['login'] = self.login_cb