@@ -3020,12 +3020,19 @@ def report_exception(e, msg=u''):

         try:

             s = u' '.join([unicodise(a) for a in sys.argv])

         except NameError:

-            s = u' '.join([(a) for a in sys.argv])

+            # Error happened before Utils module was yet imported to provide unicodise

+            try:

+                s = u' '.join([(a) for a in sys.argv])

+            except UnicodeDecodeError:

+                s = u'[encoding safe] ' + u' '.join([('%r'%a) for a in sys.argv])

         sys.stderr.write(u"Invoked as: %s\n" % s)

         e_class = str(e.__class__)

         e_class = e_class[e_class.rfind(".")+1 : -2]

-        sys.stderr.write(u"Problem: %s: %s\n" % (e_class, e))

+        try:

+            sys.stderr.write(u"Problem: %s: %s\n" % (e_class, e))

+        except UnicodeDecodeError:

+            sys.stderr.write(u"Problem: [encoding safe] %r: %r\n" % (e_class, e))

         try:

             sys.stderr.write(u"S3cmd:   %s\n" % PkgInfo.version)

         except NameError: