diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Deluge/Deluge.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Deluge/Deluge.cs
index 8e4fba2e8..01d021725 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Deluge/Deluge.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Deluge/Deluge.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Deluge
     public class Deluge : TorrentClientBase<DelugeSettings>
     {
         private readonly IDelugeProxy _proxy;
+        private bool _hasAttemptedReconnecting;
 
         public Deluge(IDelugeProxy proxy,
                       ITorrentFileInfoReader torrentFileInfoReader,
@@ -128,14 +129,9 @@ public override IEnumerable<DownloadClientItem> GetItems()
 
             foreach (var torrent in torrents)
             {
-                // Silently ignore torrents with no hash
-                if (torrent.Hash.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                // Ignore torrents without a name, but track to log a single warning for all invalid torrents.
-                if (torrent.Name.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
+                // Ignore torrents without a hash or name, but track to log a single warning
+                // for all invalid torrents as well as reconnect to the Daemon.
+                if (torrent.Hash.IsNullOrWhiteSpace() || torrent.Name.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
                 {
                     ignoredCount++;
                     continue;
@@ -199,9 +195,20 @@ public override IEnumerable<DownloadClientItem> GetItems()
                 items.Add(item);
             }
 
-            if (ignoredCount > 0)
+            if (ignoredCount > 0 && _hasAttemptedReconnecting)
             {
-                _logger.Warn("{0} torrent(s) were ignored because they did not have a title. Check Deluge and remove any invalid torrents");
+                if (_hasAttemptedReconnecting)
+                {
+                    _logger.Warn("{0} torrent(s) were ignored because they did not have a hash or title. Deluge may have disconnected from it's daemon. If you continue to see this error, check Deluge for invalid torrents.", ignoredCount);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _proxy.ReconnectToDaemon(Settings);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _hasAttemptedReconnecting = false;
             }
 
             return items;
@@ -322,9 +329,9 @@ private ValidationFailure TestCategory()
                 return null;
             }
 
-            var enabledPlugins = _proxy.GetEnabledPlugins(Settings);
+            var methods = _proxy.GetMethods(Settings);
 
-            if (!enabledPlugins.Contains("Label"))
+            if (!methods.Any(m => m.StartsWith("label.")))
             {
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure("MovieCategory", _localizationService.GetLocalizedString("DownloadClientDelugeValidationLabelPluginInactive"))
                 {
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Deluge/DelugeProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Deluge/DelugeProxy.cs
index cbe7a985c..98f35d3fc 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Deluge/DelugeProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Deluge/DelugeProxy.cs
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ public interface IDelugeProxy
         Dictionary<string, object> GetConfig(DelugeSettings settings);
         DelugeTorrent[] GetTorrents(DelugeSettings settings);
         DelugeTorrent[] GetTorrentsByLabel(string label, DelugeSettings settings);
-        string[] GetAvailablePlugins(DelugeSettings settings);
-        string[] GetEnabledPlugins(DelugeSettings settings);
+        string[] GetMethods(DelugeSettings settings);
         string[] GetAvailableLabels(DelugeSettings settings);
         DelugeLabel GetLabelOptions(DelugeSettings settings);
         void SetTorrentLabel(string hash, string label, DelugeSettings settings);
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ public interface IDelugeProxy
         string AddTorrentFromFile(string filename, byte[] fileContent, DelugeSettings settings);
         bool RemoveTorrent(string hash, bool removeData, DelugeSettings settings);
         void MoveTorrentToTopInQueue(string hash, DelugeSettings settings);
+        void ReconnectToDaemon(DelugeSettings settings);
     }
 
     public class DelugeProxy : IDelugeProxy
@@ -51,25 +51,14 @@ public DelugeProxy(ICacheManager cacheManager, IHttpClient httpClient, Logger lo
 
         public string GetVersion(DelugeSettings settings)
         {
-            try
+            var methods = GetMethods(settings);
+
+            if (methods.Contains("daemon.get_version"))
             {
-                var response = ProcessRequest<string>(settings, "daemon.info");
-
-                return response;
+                return ProcessRequest<string>(settings, "daemon.get_version");
             }
-            catch (DownloadClientException ex)
-            {
-                if (ex.Message.Contains("Unknown method"))
-                {
-                    // Deluge v2 beta replaced 'daemon.info' with 'daemon.get_version'.
-                    // It may return or become official, for now we just retry with the get_version api.
-                    var response = ProcessRequest<string>(settings, "daemon.get_version");
 
-                    return response;
-                }
-
-                throw;
-            }
+            return ProcessRequest<string>(settings, "daemon.info");
         }
 
         public Dictionary<string, object> GetConfig(DelugeSettings settings)
@@ -101,6 +90,13 @@ public DelugeTorrent[] GetTorrentsByLabel(string label, DelugeSettings settings)
             return GetTorrents(response);
         }
 
+        public string[] GetMethods(DelugeSettings settings)
+        {
+            var response = ProcessRequest<string[]>(settings, "system.listMethods");
+
+            return response;
+        }
+
         public string AddTorrentFromMagnet(string magnetLink, DelugeSettings settings)
         {
             dynamic options = new ExpandoObject();
@@ -159,20 +155,6 @@ public void MoveTorrentToTopInQueue(string hash, DelugeSettings settings)
             ProcessRequest<object>(settings, "core.queue_top", (object)new string[] { hash });
         }
 
-        public string[] GetAvailablePlugins(DelugeSettings settings)
-        {
-            var response = ProcessRequest<string[]>(settings, "core.get_available_plugins");
-
-            return response;
-        }
-
-        public string[] GetEnabledPlugins(DelugeSettings settings)
-        {
-            var response = ProcessRequest<string[]>(settings, "core.get_enabled_plugins");
-
-            return response;
-        }
-
         public string[] GetAvailableLabels(DelugeSettings settings)
         {
             var response = ProcessRequest<string[]>(settings, "label.get_labels");
@@ -223,6 +205,12 @@ public void SetTorrentLabel(string hash, string label, DelugeSettings settings)
             ProcessRequest<object>(settings, "label.set_torrent", hash, label);
         }
 
+        public void ReconnectToDaemon(DelugeSettings settings)
+        {
+            ProcessRequest<string>(settings, "web.disconnect");
+            ConnectDaemon(BuildRequest(settings));
+        }
+
         private JsonRpcRequestBuilder BuildRequest(DelugeSettings settings)
         {
             var url = HttpRequestBuilder.BuildBaseUrl(settings.UseSsl, settings.Host, settings.Port, settings.UrlBase);