From 9f5f113840be16a709fddd294a079eb714a537cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 13:05:07 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 kittens/tui/utils.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kittens/tui/utils.py b/kittens/tui/utils.py
index 7606e12ed..3b4b3af9a 100644
--- a/kittens/tui/utils.py
+++ b/kittens/tui/utils.py
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ def human_size(
 
 def kitty_opts() -> 'Options':
     from kitty.fast_data_types import get_options, set_options
-    ans = cast(Optional['Options'], get_options())
+    try:
+        ans = cast(Optional['Options'], get_options())
+    except RuntimeError:
+        ans = None
     if ans is None:
         from kitty.cli import create_default_opts
         from kitty.utils import suppress_error_logging