diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/main.py b/deluge/ui/console/main.py
index 1867287da..42dedc3d1 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/main.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/main.py
@@ -90,11 +90,31 @@ def load_commands(command_dir, exclude=[]):
     except OSError, e:
         return {}
 
+def get_localhost_auth_uri(uri):
+    """
+    Grabs the localclient auth line from the 'auth' file and creates a localhost uri
+
+    :param uri: the uri to add the authentication info to
+    :returns: a localhost uri containing authentication information or None if the information is not available
+    """
+    import deluge.configmanager
+    auth_file = deluge.configmanager.get_config_dir("auth")
+    if os.path.exists(auth_file):
+        import urlparse
+        u = urlparse.urlsplit(uri)
+        for line in open(auth_file):
+            username, password = line.split(":")
+            if username == "localclient":
+                # We use '127.0.0.1' in place of 'localhost' just incase this isn't defined properly
+                hostname = u.hostname.replace("localhost", "127.0.0.1")
+                return u.scheme + "://" + username + ":" + password + "@" + hostname + ":" + str(u.port)
+    return None
+
 class ConsoleUI(object):
     prompt = '>>> '
 
     def __init__(self, args=None):
-        client.set_core_uri("http://localhost:58846")
+        client.set_core_uri(get_localhost_auth_uri("http://localhost:58846"))
         self._commands = load_commands(os.path.join(UI_PATH, 'commands'))
         if args:
             self.precmd()