diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/commands/config.py b/deluge/ui/console/commands/config.py
index 5d8a6ef62..0b3996bd4 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/commands/config.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/commands/config.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #
 #
 
+from deluge.common import windows_check
 from deluge.ui.console.main import BaseCommand
 import deluge.ui.console.colors as colors
 from deluge.ui.client import client
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ from deluge.log import LOG as log
 
 from optparse import make_option
 import re
+import string
 
 import cStringIO, tokenize
 
@@ -77,7 +79,11 @@ def atom(next, token):
         return False
     elif token[0] is tokenize.STRING or token[1] == "/":
         return token[-1].decode("string-escape")
-
+    elif windows_check() and token[1].lower() in string.lowercase:
+        # Parse Windows paths e.g. 'C:\xyz'.
+        token = next()
+        if token[1] == ":":
+            return token[-1].decode("string-escape")
     raise SyntaxError("malformed expression (%s)" % token[1])
 
 def simple_eval(source):