diff --git a/evennia/commands/default/help.py b/evennia/commands/default/help.py
index 4c2091dfc1..0cd74428c3 100644
--- a/evennia/commands/default/help.py
+++ b/evennia/commands/default/help.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ _DEFAULT_WIDTH = settings.CLIENT_DEFAULT_WIDTH
 _SEP = "|C" + "-" * _DEFAULT_WIDTH + "|n"
 
 
-class CmdHelp(Command):
+class CmdHelp(COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS):
     """
     View help or a list of topics
 
diff --git a/evennia/comms/channelhandler.py b/evennia/comms/channelhandler.py
index c99288c337..891e202e54 100644
--- a/evennia/comms/channelhandler.py
+++ b/evennia/comms/channelhandler.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ does this for you.
 
 """
 from django.conf import settings
-from evennia.commands import cmdset, command
+from evennia.commands import cmdset
 from evennia.utils.logger import tail_log_file
 from evennia.utils.utils import class_from_module
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 _CHANNEL_HANDLER_CLASS = None
 _CHANNEL_COMMAND_CLASS = None
 _CHANNELDB = None
+_COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS = class_from_module(settings.COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS)
 
-
-class ChannelCommand(command.Command):
+class ChannelCommand(_COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS):
     """
     {channelkey} channel
 
diff --git a/evennia/game_template/commands/command.py b/evennia/game_template/commands/command.py
index 3c7c0e2ef3..7805f2be9b 100644
--- a/evennia/game_template/commands/command.py
+++ b/evennia/game_template/commands/command.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Commands describe the input the account can do to the game.
 
 """
 
-from evennia import Command as BaseCommand
+from evennia.commands.command import Command as BaseCommand
 
 # from evennia import default_cmds
 
diff --git a/evennia/objects/objects.py b/evennia/objects/objects.py
index 8b66bce8f8..2461fb8234 100644
--- a/evennia/objects/objects.py
+++ b/evennia/objects/objects.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from evennia.utils import search
 from evennia.utils import logger
 from evennia.utils import ansi
 from evennia.utils.utils import (
+    class_from_module,
     variable_from_module,
     lazy_property,
     make_iter,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ _ScriptDB = None
 _SESSIONS = None
 
 _AT_SEARCH_RESULT = variable_from_module(*settings.SEARCH_AT_RESULT.rsplit(".", 1))
+_COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS = class_from_module(settings.COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS)
 # the sessid_max is based on the length of the db_sessid csv field (excluding commas)
 _SESSID_MAX = 16 if _MULTISESSION_MODE in (1, 3) else 1
 
@@ -2344,8 +2346,7 @@ class DefaultRoom(DefaultObject):
 # Default Exit command, used by the base exit object
 #
 
-
-class ExitCommand(command.Command):
+class ExitCommand(_COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS):
     """
     This is a command that simply cause the caller to traverse
     the object it is attached to.
diff --git a/evennia/utils/eveditor.py b/evennia/utils/eveditor.py
index e4c69d3939..aa5d127a38 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/eveditor.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/eveditor.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import re
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from evennia import Command, CmdSet
-from evennia.utils import is_iter, fill, dedent, logger, justify, to_str
+from evennia.utils import is_iter, fill, dedent, logger, justify, to_str, utils
 from evennia.utils.ansi import raw
 from evennia.commands import cmdhandler
 
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ _CMD_NOMATCH = cmdhandler.CMD_NOMATCH
 _CMD_NOINPUT = cmdhandler.CMD_NOINPUT
 
 _RE_GROUP = re.compile(r"\".*?\"|\'.*?\'|\S*")
+_COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS = utils.class_from_module(settings.COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS)
 # use NAWS in the future?
 _DEFAULT_WIDTH = settings.CLIENT_DEFAULT_WIDTH
 
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ _MSG_REDO = "Redid one step."
 # -------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-class CmdSaveYesNo(Command):
+class CmdSaveYesNo(_COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS):
     """
     Save the editor state on quit. This catches
     nomatches (defaults to Yes), and avoid saves only if
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ class SaveYesNoCmdSet(CmdSet):
 # -------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-class CmdEditorBase(Command):
+class CmdEditorBase(_COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS):
     """
     Base parent for editor commands
     """