1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cliff/app.py b/cliff/app.py
index 06c679f..bc0b65e 100644
--- a/cliff/app.py
+++ b/cliff/app.py
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ class App(object):
             self.interactive_mode = not remainder
             self.initialize_app(remainder)
         except Exception as err:
-            if self.options.debug:
+            if hasattr(self, 'options'):
+                debug = self.options.debug
+            else:
+                debug = True
+            if debug:
                 LOG.exception(err)
                 raise
             else: