diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/main.py b/deluge/ui/console/main.py
index 5e5a8e3bc..68c31873f 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/main.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/main.py
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ class BaseCommand(object):
         result = re.split(r"(?<!\\) ", text)
         for i, s in enumerate(result):
             result[i] = s.replace(r'\ ', ' ')
-        if result == ['']:
-            result = []
+        result = filter(lambda s: s != '', result)
         return result
 
     def create_parser(self):