diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/command/MainCommand.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/command/MainCommand.kt
index 55614e3..40094df 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/command/MainCommand.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/command/MainCommand.kt
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ internal object MainCommand : Runnable {
         var patchBundles = arrayOf<String>()
 
         @ArgGroup(exclusive = false)
-        lateinit var lArgs: ListingArgs
+        var lArgs: ListingArgs? = null
 
         @ArgGroup(exclusive = false)
-        lateinit var pArgs: PatchingArgs
+        var pArgs: PatchingArgs? = null
     }
 
     class ListingArgs {
@@ -79,17 +79,14 @@ internal object MainCommand : Runnable {
     }
 
     override fun run() {
-        try {
-            if (args.lArgs.listOnly) {
-                for (patchBundlePath in args.patchBundles) for (patch in JarPatchBundle(patchBundlePath).loadPatches()) {
-                    println("[available] ${patch.patchName}")
-                }
-                return
+        if (args.lArgs?.listOnly == true) {
+            for (patchBundlePath in args.patchBundles) for (patch in JarPatchBundle(patchBundlePath).loadPatches()) {
+                println("[available] ${patch.patchName}")
             }
-        } catch (_: UninitializedPropertyAccessException) {
+            return
         }
 
-        val args = args.pArgs
+        val args = args.pArgs?: return
 
         val patcher = app.revanced.patcher.Patcher(
             PatcherOptions(
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/patcher/Patcher.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/patcher/Patcher.kt
index 633fe34..5d44415 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/patcher/Patcher.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/patcher/Patcher.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Files
 
 internal object Patcher {
     internal fun start(patcher: app.revanced.patcher.Patcher, output: File) {
-		val args = args.pArgs;
+		val args = args.pArgs!!
 
         // merge files like necessary integrations
         patcher.mergeFiles()
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/signing/Signing.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/signing/Signing.kt
index 6579042..c0ed893 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/signing/Signing.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/signing/Signing.kt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import java.io.File
 
 object Signing {
     fun start(inputFile: File, outputFile: File, cn: String, password: String) {
-        val cacheDirectory = File(args.pArgs.cacheDirectory)
+        val cacheDirectory = File(args.pArgs!!.cacheDirectory)
         val alignedOutput = cacheDirectory.resolve("${outputFile.nameWithoutExtension}_aligned.apk")
         val signedOutput = cacheDirectory.resolve("${outputFile.nameWithoutExtension}_signed.apk")
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/utils/patcher/Patcher.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/utils/patcher/Patcher.kt
index 41ef72c..e322a20 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/utils/patcher/Patcher.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/utils/patcher/Patcher.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fun Patcher.addPatchesFiltered(
     val packageName = this.data.packageMetadata.packageName
     val packageVersion = this.data.packageMetadata.packageVersion
 
-    MainCommand.args.patchBundles.forEach { bundle ->
+    args.patchBundles.forEach { bundle ->
         val includedPatches = mutableListOf<Class<out Patch<Data>>>()
         JarPatchBundle(bundle).loadPatches().forEach patch@{ patch ->
             val compatiblePackages = patch.compatiblePackages
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fun Patcher.addPatchesFiltered(
 
             val prefix = "[skipped] $patchName"
 
-			val args = MainCommand.args.pArgs
+			val args = MainCommand.args.pArgs!!
 
             if (includeFilter) {
                 if (!args.includedPatches.contains(patchName)) {
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ fun Patcher.applyPatchesVerbose() {
 }
 
 fun Patcher.mergeFiles() {
-    this.addFiles(MainCommand.args.pArgs.mergeFiles)
+    this.addFiles(args.pArgs!!.mergeFiles)
 }