diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/main_window.py b/electrum/gui/qt/main_window.py
index 3cdb7a809..142050470 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qt/main_window.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qt/main_window.py
@@ -2135,9 +2135,11 @@ class ElectrumWindow(QMainWindow, MessageBoxMixin, Logger):
             'lnutil': lnutil,
         })
 
-        c = commands.Commands(config=self.config,
-                              network=self.network,
-                              callback=lambda: self.console.set_json(True))
+        c = commands.Commands(
+            config=self.config,
+            daemon=self.gui_object.daemon,
+            network=self.network,
+            callback=lambda: self.console.set_json(True))
         methods = {}
         def mkfunc(f, method):
             return lambda *args, **kwargs: f(method,