diff --git a/bin/console b/bin/console
index c933dc53..88268a20 100755
--- a/bin/console
+++ b/bin/console
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 use App\Kernel;
 use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Console\Application;
 
+//Increase xdebug.max_nesting_level to 1000 if required (see issue #411)
+//Check if xdebug extension is active, and xdebug.max_nesting_level is set to 256 or lower
+if (extension_loaded('xdebug') && ((int) ini_get('xdebug.max_nesting_level')) <= 256) {
+    //Increase xdebug.max_nesting_level to 1000
+    ini_set('xdebug.max_nesting_level', '1000');
+}
+
 if (!is_file(dirname(__DIR__).'/vendor/autoload_runtime.php')) {
     throw new LogicException('Symfony Runtime is missing. Try running "composer require symfony/runtime".');
 }