Index: deluge/ui/console/main.py
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--- deluge/ui/console/main.py	(revision 6073)
+++ deluge/ui/console/main.py	(working copy)
@@ -295,7 +295,11 @@
                 parser._print_help(f)
         parser.print_help = print_help
 
-        if not client.connected() and cmd not in ("help", "connect", "quit"):
+        if not client.connected() and \
+                cmd not in ("help", "connect", "quit") and \
+                cmd not in self._commands["help"].aliases and \
+                cmd not in self._commands["connect"].aliases and \
+                cmd not in self._commands["quit"].aliases :
             self.write("{!error!}Not connected to a daemon, please use the connect command first.")
             return