diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/colors.py b/deluge/ui/console/colors.py
index ab01915a1..3b9455446 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/colors.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/colors.py
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@
 #
 #
 
-import curses
+try:
+    import curses
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
 colors = [
     'COLOR_BLACK',
diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/main.py b/deluge/ui/console/main.py
index 11d74fee4..68fb3bba1 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/main.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/main.py
@@ -185,11 +185,14 @@ class ConsoleUI(component.Component):
         d.addCallback(on_connect)
 
         self.coreconfig = CoreConfig()
-        if self.interactive:
+        if self.interactive and not deluge.common.windows_check():
             # We use the curses.wrapper function to prevent the console from getting
             # messed up if an uncaught exception is experienced.
             import curses.wrapper
             curses.wrapper(self.run)
+        elif self.interactive and deluge.common.windows_check():
+            print "You cannot run the deluge-console in interactive mode in Windows.\
+            Please use commands from the command line, eg: deluge-console config;help;exit"
         else:
             reactor.run()
 
diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/screen.py b/deluge/ui/console/screen.py
index 998a91f74..aa13cdeba 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/screen.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/screen.py
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@
 #
 
 import sys
-import curses
+try:
+    import curses
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 import colors
 try:
     import signal