diff --git a/Duplicati/CommandLine/Help.cs b/Duplicati/CommandLine/Help.cs
index 0eb63a4a2..5bb3a8b6e 100644
--- a/Duplicati/CommandLine/Help.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/CommandLine/Help.cs
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.CommandLine
 
         private static void PrintFormatted(IEnumerable<string> lines)
         {
+            int windowWidth = Math.Max(12, Console.WindowWidth == 0 ? 80 : Console.WindowWidth);
             foreach (string s in lines)
             {
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s) || s.Trim().Length == 0)
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.CommandLine
 
                 while (c.Length > 0)
                 {
-                    int len = Math.Min(Console.WindowWidth - 2, leadingSpaces.Length + c.Length);
+                    int len = Math.Min(windowWidth - 2, leadingSpaces.Length + c.Length);
                     len -= leadingSpaces.Length;
                     if (len < c.Length)
                     {
diff --git a/Duplicati/CommandLine/Program.cs b/Duplicati/CommandLine/Program.cs
index ce726d2c0..f8dcb9b8d 100644
--- a/Duplicati/CommandLine/Program.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/CommandLine/Program.cs
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.CommandLine
                 lines.Add("");
             }
 
+        	int windowWidth = Math.Max(12, Console.WindowWidth == 0 ? 80 : Console.WindowWidth);
             foreach (string s in lines)
             {
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
@@ -766,7 +767,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.CommandLine
 
                 while (c.Length > 0)
                 {
-                    int len = Math.Min(Console.WindowWidth - 2, leadingSpaces.Length + c.Length);
+                    int len = Math.Min(windowWidth - 2, leadingSpaces.Length + c.Length);
                     len -= leadingSpaces.Length;
                     if (len < c.Length)
                     {