diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/panels/layout.ts b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/panels/layout.ts
index 3a44d1f83bf..a152efc72ec 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/panels/layout.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/panels/layout.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { QueryParams } from '@remix-project/remix-lib'
 const profile: Profile = {
   name: 'layout',
   description: 'layout',
-  methods: ['minimize', 'maximiseSidePanel', 'resetSidePanel']
+  methods: ['minimize', 'maximiseSidePanel', 'resetSidePanel', 'maximizeTerminal']
 }
 
 interface panelState {
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ export class Layout extends Plugin {
     this.maximised[current] = true
   }
 
+  async maximizeTerminal() {
+    this.panels.terminal.minimized = false
+    this.event.emit('change', this.panels)
+    this.emit('change', this.panels)
+  }
+
   async resetSidePanel () {
     this.event.emit('resetsidepanel')
     const current = await this.call('sidePanel', 'currentFocus')
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/plugins/openaigpt.tsx b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/plugins/openaigpt.tsx
index 042c6da13b4..e95babe00ac 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/plugins/openaigpt.tsx
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/plugins/openaigpt.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export class OpenAIGpt extends Plugin {
   }
 
   async message(prompt): Promise<CreateChatCompletionResponse> {
+    this.call('layout', 'maximizeTerminal')
     this.call('terminal', 'log', 'Waiting for GPT answer...')
     let result
     try {