diff --git a/noblogsmv/main.py b/noblogsmv/main.py
index a760ba7acfbccec7b887d63fe0fc71aa8f03437b..cfa794d823393575a215ed3ecc3267ba8d6a11f1 100644
--- a/noblogsmv/main.py
+++ b/noblogsmv/main.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ use the `--recover' option.
     logging.basicConfig(
         level=(logging.DEBUG if opts.debug else logging.INFO))
 
-
+    global execute
     execute = partial(execute_gen, dry_run = opts.dry_run)
 
     if opts.clean: