diff --git a/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/ConsoleEx.cs b/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/ConsoleEx.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea9bedcf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/ConsoleEx.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Divergent.Customers.API
+{
+    static class ConsoleEx
+    {
+        public static void TryMinimize()
+        {
+            if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+            {
+                WindowsNativeMethods.ShowWindow(WindowsNativeMethods.GetConsoleWindow(), WindowsNativeMethods.SW_SHOWMINIMIZED);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/Divergent.Customers.API.csproj b/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/Divergent.Customers.API.csproj
index a9d402252..f14ded808 100644
--- a/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/Divergent.Customers.API.csproj
+++ b/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/Divergent.Customers.API.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/Program.cs b/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/Program.cs
index 1c140f202..d0b94bb7a 100644
--- a/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/Program.cs
+++ b/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/Program.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class Program
         public static async Task Main(string[] args)
         {
             Console.Title = MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.Namespace;
+            ConsoleEx.TryMinimize();
 
             var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();
             Console.CancelKeyPress += (sender, e) => { tcs.SetResult(null); };
diff --git a/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/WindowsNativeMethods.cs b/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/WindowsNativeMethods.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0778acf53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/04-integration/after/Divergent.Customers.API/WindowsNativeMethods.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Divergent.Customers.API
+{
+    static class WindowsNativeMethods
+    {
+        public const int SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2;
+
+        [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
+        public static extern IntPtr GetConsoleWindow();
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        public static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
+    }
+}