diff --git a/documentation/Functions.md b/documentation/Functions.md
index a9eefb1a..49b93ea6 100644
--- a/documentation/Functions.md
+++ b/documentation/Functions.md
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ installDevonfwIde(["java","mvn"], "2020.08.001")
 
 ***
 
+### restoreDevonfwIde
+#### parameter
+1. The tools you want to install within the devonfw ide: string array
+2. Optional: The version of the ide to install
+#### example
+restoreDevonfwIde(["java","mvn"], "2020.08.001")
+#### details 
+In the Katacoda environment the installation of the devonfw IDE is executed in a startup script.
+***
+
 ### installCobiGen
 #### parameter
 * No parameters
@@ -95,4 +105,4 @@ A placeholder is optional. If you do not define a placeholder, the content in th
 
 Please try not to use custom placeholders. Keep in mind that you might want to build the project before changing them. Custom placeholders with a comment-syntax (e.g. "//PLACEHOLDER") will be removed by the console-environment and others might cause errors.
 
-***
+***
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/runners/console/index.ts b/runners/console/index.ts
index 04feb102..ae6a4341 100644
--- a/runners/console/index.ts
+++ b/runners/console/index.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ export class Console extends Runner {
         return result;
     }
 
+
+    runRestoreDevonfwIde(step: Step, command: Command): RunResult {
+        return this.runInstallDevonfwIde(step, command);
+    }
+
     runInstallCobiGen(step: Step, command: Command): RunResult {
         let result = new RunResult();
         result.returnCode = 0;
@@ -158,6 +163,10 @@ export class Console extends Runner {
         }
     }
 
+    async assertRestoreDevonfwIde(step: Step, command: Command, result: RunResult) {
+       this.assertInstallDevonfwIde(step, command, result);
+    }
+
     async assertInstallCobiGen(step: Step, command: Command, result: RunResult) {
         let assert = new Assertions()
         .noErrorCode(result)