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diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Launcher.java b/src/jalview/bin/Launcher.java
index f199002..20a466b 100644
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Launcher.java
@@ -52,29 +52,6 @@ public class Launcher
 
   private final static String headlessProperty = "java.awt.headless";
 
-  private static boolean checkJVMSymlink(String testBin)
-  {
-    File testBinFile = new File(testBin);
-    if (!testBinFile.exists())
-    {
-      return false;
-    }
-    File targetFile = null;
-    try
-    {
-      targetFile = testBinFile.getCanonicalFile();
-    } catch (IOException e)
-    {
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (targetFile != null && ("java".equals(targetFile.getName())
-            || "java.exe".equals(targetFile.getName())))
-    {
-      return true;
-    }
-    return false;
-  }
-
   /**
    * main method for jalview.bin.Launcher. This restarts the same JRE's JVM with
    * the same arguments but with memory adjusted based on extracted -jvmmempc
@@ -92,37 +69,6 @@ public class Launcher
               + ") may lead to problems. This installation of Jalview should be used with Java "
               + LaunchUtils.getJavaCompileVersion() + ".");
     }
-    final String appName = ChannelProperties.getProperty("app_name");
-    final String javaBinDir = System.getProperty("java.home")
-            + File.separator + "bin" + File.separator;
-    String javaBin = null;
-    if (javaBin == null && checkJVMSymlink(javaBinDir + appName))
-    {
-      javaBin = javaBinDir + appName;
-    }
-    if (javaBin == null && checkJVMSymlink(javaBinDir + "Jalview"))
-    {
-      javaBin = javaBinDir + "Jalview";
-    }
-    if (javaBin == null)
-    {
-      javaBin = "java";
-    }
-
-    List<String> command = new ArrayList<>();
-    command.add(javaBin);
-
-    String memSetting = null;
-
-    boolean isAMac = System.getProperty("os.name").indexOf("Mac") > -1;
-
-    for (String jvmArg : ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean()
-            .getInputArguments())
-    {
-      command.add(jvmArg);
-    }
-    command.add("-cp");
-    command.add(ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean().getClassPath());
 
     String jvmmempc = null;
     String jvmmemmax = null;
@@ -130,6 +76,7 @@ public class Launcher
     boolean wait = true;
     boolean quiet = false;
     boolean headless = false;
+    boolean gui = false;
     // must set --debug before --launcher...
     boolean launcherstop = false;
     boolean launcherprint = false;
@@ -149,6 +96,10 @@ public class Launcher
       {
         headless = true;
       }
+      if (arg.equals("--gui"))
+      {
+        gui = true;
+      }
       if (debug && arg.equals("--launcherprint"))
       {
         launcherprint = true;
@@ -206,6 +157,29 @@ public class Launcher
         arguments.add(arg);
       }
     }
+    if (gui)
+    {
+      // --gui takes precedence over --headless
+      headless = false;
+    }
+
+    final String appName = ChannelProperties.getProperty("app_name");
+
+    // if we're using jalview.bin.Launcher we always assume a console is in use
+    final String javaBin = LaunchUtils.findJavaBin(true);
+
+    List<String> command = new ArrayList<>();
+    command.add(javaBin);
+
+    String memSetting = null;
+
+    for (String jvmArg : ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean()
+            .getInputArguments())
+    {
+      command.add(jvmArg);
+    }
+    command.add("-cp");
+    command.add(ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean().getClassPath());
 
     // use saved preferences if no cmdline args
     boolean useCustomisedSettings = LaunchUtils
@@ -267,7 +241,7 @@ public class Launcher
       }
     }
 
-    if (isAMac)
+    if (LaunchUtils.isMac)
     {
       if (!dockIcon)
       {