diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ecb8e4a..103548d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 ### Feature
-- Allow to set capistrano role to select server for remote console #33
+- allow to set capistrano role to select server for remote console (#33)
+- allow to set shell used on server (#31)
 
 ## 2.2.1 (2017-09-04)
 ### Feature
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 154522f..9d66a06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ set :console_user, nil # explicitly disable switching user through sudo
 set :console_role, :app # start remote console on primary server for this role
 ```
 
+### Shell
+
+```ruby
+set :console_shell, '/bin/bash' # select shell to be used on server in case you experience problems (see #31)
+```
+
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/capistrano-rails-console.gemspec b/capistrano-rails-console.gemspec
index 19ca091..ed51416 100644
--- a/capistrano-rails-console.gemspec
+++ b/capistrano-rails-console.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
 
   spec.add_dependency 'capistrano',         '>= 3.5.0', '< 4.0.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'sshkit-interactive', '~> 0.2.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'sshkit-interactive', '~> 0.3.0'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake'
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/rails/console/tasks.cap b/lib/capistrano/rails/console/tasks.cap
index f8bfa99..f15cc28 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/rails/console/tasks.cap
+++ b/lib/capistrano/rails/console/tasks.cap
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ namespace :load do
     end
 
     # Default values
-    set :console_env,  -> { fetch(:rails_env, fetch(:stage, 'production')) }
-    set :console_user, -> { fetch(:app_user, nil) }
-    set :console_role, :app
+    set :console_env,   -> { fetch(:rails_env, fetch(:stage, 'production')) }
+    set :console_user,  -> { fetch(:app_user, nil) }
+    set :console_role,  :app
+    set :console_shell, nil
   end
 end
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ namespace :rails do
     args  = []
     args << '--sandbox' if ENV.key?('sandbox') || ENV.key?('s')
 
-    run_interactively primary(fetch(:console_role)) do
+    run_interactively primary(fetch(:console_role)), shell: fetch(:console_shell) do
       within current_path do
         as user: fetch(:console_user) do
           execute(:rails, :console, fetch(:console_env), *args)
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ namespace :rails do
 
   desc 'Interact with a remote rails dbconsole'
   task :dbconsole do
-    run_interactively primary(fetch(:console_role)) do
+    run_interactively primary(fetch(:console_role)), shell: fetch(:console_shell) do
       within current_path do
         as user: fetch(:console_user) do
           execute(:rails, :dbconsole, '-p', '-e', fetch(:console_env))