diff --git a/lib/retryit.rb b/lib/retryit.rb
index 468b908..bd079fe 100644
--- a/lib/retryit.rb
+++ b/lib/retryit.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class RetryIt
 
   def run(args)
 
-    if (["-h", "-?", "--help"].include? args[0])
+    if (args.size < 1 || ["-h", "-?", "--help"].include?(args[0]))
       load_options(args)
     end
 
diff --git a/retryit.gemspec b/retryit.gemspec
index 1e1a742..56bd600 100644
--- a/retryit.gemspec
+++ b/retryit.gemspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = 'retryit'
-  s.version     = '0.1.0'
+  s.version     = '0.1.1'
   s.summary     = "retry any command line"
   s.description = "General purpose retry cli program for anything"
   s.authors     = ["Neville Kadwa"]