diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ccc9b5fb1..73af22f78 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 	* Fix setting the torrent options via the options tab
 	* Fix the private flag in the options tab
 
+==== Console ===
+	* Fix exception when using the 'halt' command
+	
 ==== Misc ====
 	* Add man pages for deluge-console, deluge-gtk and deluge-web
 
diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/commands/halt.py b/deluge/ui/console/commands/halt.py
index 5fb415cd2..0a4de27a9 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/commands/halt.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/commands/halt.py
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         self.console = component.get("ConsoleUI")
 
         def on_shutdown(result):
-            self.write("{!success!}Daemon was shutdown")
+            self.console.write("{!success!}Daemon was shutdown")
 
         def on_shutdown_fail(reason):
-            self.write("{!error!}Unable to shutdown daemon: %s" % reason)
+            self.console.write("{!error!}Unable to shutdown daemon: %s" % reason)
 
         return client.daemon.shutdown().addCallback(on_shutdown).addErrback(on_shutdown_fail)