diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/main.py b/deluge/ui/console/main.py
index f865474d6..174d667bd 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/main.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/main.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ Please use commands from the command line, eg:\n
                     self.write(match)
             else:
                 p = " ".join(line.split(" ")[:-1])
-                new_line = " ".join([p, os.path.commonprefix(possible_matches)])
+                new_line = " ".join([p, os.path.commonprefix(possible_matches)]).lstrip()
                 if len(new_line) > len(line):
                     line = new_line
                     cursor = len(line)