diff --git a/scripts/get_market_pairs.py b/scripts/get_market_pairs.py
index 1a4c593f9..1d1f2114b 100644
--- a/scripts/get_market_pairs.py
+++ b/scripts/get_market_pairs.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
+import traceback
 
 root = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 sys.path.append(root + '/python')
@@ -49,6 +50,11 @@ def print_supported_exchanges():
 
 try:
 
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        dump("Usage: python " + sys.argv[0], green('id'))
+        print_supported_exchanges()
+        sys.exit(1)
+
     id = sys.argv[1]  # get exchange id from command line arguments
 
     # check if the exchange is supported by ccxt
@@ -87,5 +93,7 @@ try:
 
 except Exception as e:
     dump('[' + type(e).__name__ + ']', str(e))
+    dump(traceback.format_exc())
     dump("Usage: python " + sys.argv[0], green('id'))
     print_supported_exchanges()
+    sys.exit(1)