diff --git a/bin/linspector b/bin/linspector
index 3894340..a1abad4 100755
--- a/bin/linspector
+++ b/bin/linspector
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from linspector.config.parser import FullConfigParser
 from linspector.core.interface import LinspectorInterface
 from linspector.core.job import Job
 from linspector.core.scheduler import Scheduler
-from linspector.frontends.lish import LishFrontend
 from linspector.tasks.task import TaskExecutor
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -168,7 +167,16 @@ def main():
         jsonrpc.daemon = True
         jsonrpc.start()
 
-    LishFrontend(interface)
+    frontend = None
+    if "frontend" in core and core["frontend"]:
+        frontend = core["frontend"]
+
+    if frontend == "clish":
+        from linspector.frontends.clish import ClishFrontend
+        ClishFrontend(interface)
+    else:
+        from linspector.frontends.lish import LishFrontend
+        LishFrontend(interface)
 
     logger.debug("shutting down scheduler")