diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/commands/connect.py b/deluge/ui/console/commands/connect.py
index 18401f3fc..6e017747c 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/commands/connect.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/commands/connect.py
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         def do_connect():
             d = client.connect(host, port, username, password)
             def on_connect(result):
-                self.console.write("{!success!}Connected to %s:%s!" % (host, port))
-                component.start()
+                if self.console.interactive:
+                    self.console.write("{!success!}Connected to %s:%s" % (host, port))
+                return component.start()
 
             def on_connect_fail(result):
                 try:
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 except:
                     msg = result.value.args[0]
                 self.console.write("{!error!}Failed to connect to %s:%s with reason: %s" % (host, port, msg))
+                return result
 
             d.addCallback(on_connect)
             d.addErrback(on_connect_fail)
@@ -71,7 +73,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
         if client.connected():
             def on_disconnect(result):
-                do_connect()
-            client.disconnect().addCallback(on_disconnect)
+                self.console.statusbars.update_statusbars()
+                return do_connect()
+            return client.disconnect().addCallback(on_disconnect)
         else:
-            do_connect()
+            return do_connect()
diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/main.py b/deluge/ui/console/main.py
index a0afe82e0..113fd95d5 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/main.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/main.py
@@ -160,10 +160,11 @@ class ConsoleUI(component.Component):
         # Set the interactive flag to indicate where we should print the output
         self.interactive = True
         if args:
-            args = ' '.join(args)
+            # Multiple commands split by ";"
+            commands = [arg.strip() for arg in ' '.join(args).split(';')]
             self.interactive = False
 
-        # Try to connect to the localhost daemon
+        # Try to connect to the daemon (localhost by default)
         def on_connect(result):
             def on_started(result):
                 if not self.interactive:
@@ -172,9 +173,7 @@ class ConsoleUI(component.Component):
                             return self.do_command(cmd)
 
                         d = defer.succeed(None)
-                        # If we have args, lets process them and quit
-                        # allow multiple commands split by ";"
-                        commands = [arg.strip() for arg in args.split(';')]
+                        # If we have commands, lets process them, then quit.
                         for command in commands:
                             d.addCallback(do_command, command)
 
@@ -187,8 +186,17 @@ class ConsoleUI(component.Component):
             component.start().addCallback(on_started)
 
         def on_connect_fail(result):
-            pass
-        d = client.connect()
+            if not self.interactive:
+                self.do_command('quit')
+
+        connect_cmd = 'connect'
+        if not self.interactive:
+            if commands[0].startswith(connect_cmd):
+                connect_cmd = commands.pop(0)
+            elif 'help' in commands:
+                self.do_command('help')
+                return
+        d = self.do_command(connect_cmd)
         d.addCallback(on_connect)
         d.addErrback(on_connect_fail)