diff --git a/demos/RP/RT-RP2040-PICO/c1_main.c b/demos/RP/RT-RP2040-PICO/c1_main.c
index 8ea18748c..1ff5ec97c 100644
--- a/demos/RP/RT-RP2040-PICO/c1_main.c
+++ b/demos/RP/RT-RP2040-PICO/c1_main.c
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ void c1_main(void) {
   sioStart(&SIOD1, NULL);
   sioStartOperation(&SIOD1, NULL);
 
+  /*
+   * Shell manager initialization.
+   */
+  shellInit();
+
   /*
    * Normal main() thread activity, in this demo it does nothing except
    * sleeping in a loop (re)spawning a shell.