diff --git a/lib/plugins/console/new.js b/lib/plugins/console/new.js
index 3b5942c98b..a73663e27f 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/console/new.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/console/new.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const tildify = require('tildify');
 const { magenta } = require('picocolors');
+const { basename } = require('path');
 
 const reservedKeys = {
   _: true,
@@ -21,16 +22,23 @@ const reservedKeys = {
 };
 
 function newConsole(args) {
-  // Display help message if user didn't input any arguments
-  if (!args._.length) {
+  const path = args.p || args.path;
+  let title;
+  if (args._.length) {
+    title = args._.pop();
+  } else if (path) {
+    // Default title
+    title = basename(path);
+  } else {
+    // Display help message if user didn't input any arguments
     return this.call('help', {_: ['new']});
   }
 
   const data = {
-    title: args._.pop(),
+    title,
     layout: args._.length ? args._[0] : this.config.default_layout,
     slug: args.s || args.slug,
-    path: args.p || args.path
+    path
   };
 
   const keys = Object.keys(args);