diff --git a/dosage b/dosage
index 0515ce6dc..252a19a78 100755
--- a/dosage
+++ b/dosage
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def saveComicStrip(strip, basepath):
             if saved:
                 allskipped = False
         except Exception as msg:
-            out.error('Could not save image at %s to %s: %s' % (image.referrer, image.filename, msg))
+            out.exception('Could not save image at %s to %s: %s' % (image.referrer, image.filename, msg))
             errors += 1
     return errors, allskipped
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def displayHelp(comics):
         for scraperobj in getScrapers(comics):
             displayComicHelp(scraperobj)
     except ValueError as msg:
-        out.error(msg)
+        out.exception(msg)
         return 1
     return 0
 
@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ def getComics(options):
     """Retrieve comics."""
     errors = 0
     if options.handler:
-        for name in options.handler:
+        for name in set(options.handler):
             events.addHandler(name, options.basepath, options.baseurl)
     events.getHandler().start()
     try:
         for scraperobj in getScrapers(options.comic, options.basepath, options.adult, options.multimatch):
             errors += getStrips(scraperobj, options)
     except ValueError as msg:
-        out.error(msg)
+        out.exception(msg)
         errors += 1
     finally:
         events.getHandler().end()
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def getStrips(scraperobj, options):
                 out.info("Stop retrieval because image file already exists")
                 break
     except Exception as msg:
-        out.error(msg)
+        out.exception(msg)
         errors += 1
     finally:
         out.context = ''
diff --git a/dosagelib/output.py b/dosagelib/output.py
index 44c4cc811..c13ddbbc8 100644
--- a/dosagelib/output.py
+++ b/dosagelib/output.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import time
 import sys
 import os
 import threading
+import traceback
 from .ansicolor import Colorizer
 
 lock = threading.Lock()
@@ -35,9 +36,19 @@ class Output(object):
         """Write a warning message."""
         self.write("WARN: %s" % s, color='bold;yellow')
 
-    def error(self, s):
+    def error(self, s, tb=None):
         """Write an error message."""
         self.write("ERROR: %s" % s, color='light;red')
+        #if tb is not None:
+        #    self.write('Traceback (most recent call last):', 1)
+
+    def exception(self, s):
+        """Write error message with traceback info."""
+        self.error(s)
+        type, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
+        self.writelines(traceback.format_stack(), 1)
+        self.writelines(traceback.format_tb(tb)[1:], 1)
+        self.writelines(traceback.format_exception_only(type, value), 1)
 
     def write(self, s, level=0, color=None):
         """Write message with indentation, context and optional timestamp."""