diff --git a/freqtrade/commands/trade_commands.py b/freqtrade/commands/trade_commands.py
index 352fac26d..c058e4f9d 100644
--- a/freqtrade/commands/trade_commands.py
+++ b/freqtrade/commands/trade_commands.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ def start_trading(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> int:
     try:
         worker = Worker(args)
         worker.run()
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(str(e))
+        logger.exception("Fatal exception!")
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         logger.info('SIGINT received, aborting ...')
     finally:
diff --git a/tests/commands/test_commands.py b/tests/commands/test_commands.py
index 93b123069..46350beff 100644
--- a/tests/commands/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/commands/test_commands.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def test_setup_utils_configuration():
     assert config['exchange']['secret'] == ''
 
 
-def test_start_trading_fail(mocker):
+def test_start_trading_fail(mocker, caplog):
 
     mocker.patch("freqtrade.worker.Worker.run", MagicMock(side_effect=OperationalException))
 
@@ -43,16 +43,15 @@ def test_start_trading_fail(mocker):
         'trade',
         '-c', 'config.json.example'
     ]
-    with pytest.raises(OperationalException):
-        start_trading(get_args(args))
+    start_trading(get_args(args))
     assert exitmock.call_count == 1
 
     exitmock.reset_mock()
-
+    caplog.clear()
     mocker.patch("freqtrade.worker.Worker.__init__", MagicMock(side_effect=OperationalException))
-    with pytest.raises(OperationalException):
-        start_trading(get_args(args))
+    start_trading(get_args(args))
     assert exitmock.call_count == 0
+    assert log_has('Fatal exception!', caplog)
 
 
 def test_list_exchanges(capsys):