diff --git a/weed/shell/shell_liner.go b/weed/shell/shell_liner.go
index 00adb1abc..d79f67032 100644
--- a/weed/shell/shell_liner.go
+++ b/weed/shell/shell_liner.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ var (
 
 func RunShell(options ShellOptions) {
 
+	sort.Slice(Commands, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return strings.Compare(Commands[i].Name(), Commands[j].Name()) < 0
+	})
+
 	line = liner.NewLiner()
 	defer line.Close()
 
@@ -96,9 +100,6 @@ func printGenericHelp() {
 `
 	fmt.Print(msg)
 
-	sort.Slice(Commands, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return strings.Compare(Commands[i].Name(), Commands[j].Name()) < 0
-	})
 	for _, c := range Commands {
 		helpTexts := strings.SplitN(c.Help(), "\n", 2)
 		fmt.Printf("  %-30s\t# %s \n", c.Name(), helpTexts[0])
@@ -114,10 +115,6 @@ func printHelp(cmds []string) {
 	} else {
 		cmd := strings.ToLower(args[0])
 
-		sort.Slice(Commands, func(i, j int) bool {
-			return strings.Compare(Commands[i].Name(), Commands[j].Name()) < 0
-		})
-
 		for _, c := range Commands {
 			if c.Name() == cmd {
 				fmt.Printf("  %s\t# %s\n", c.Name(), c.Help())