1 files changed, 30 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
index a79e581a80..6e735fe3d9 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -59,13 +59,36 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
     boost::thread* detectShutdownThread = NULL;
 
     bool fRet = false;
+
+    //
+    // Parameters
+    //
+    // If Qt is used, parameters/bitcoin.conf are parsed in qt/bitcoin.cpp's main()
+    ParseParameters(argc, argv);
+
+    // Process help and version before taking care about datadir
+    if (mapArgs.count("-?") || mapArgs.count("-help") || mapArgs.count("-version"))
+    {
+        std::string strUsage = _("Bitcoin Core Daemon") + " " + _("version") + " " + FormatFullVersion() + "\n";
+
+        if (mapArgs.count("-version"))
+        {
+            strUsage += LicenseInfo();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            strUsage += "\n" + _("Usage:") + "\n" +
+                  "  bitcoind [options]                     " + _("Start Bitcoin Core Daemon") + "\n";
+
+            strUsage += "\n" + HelpMessage(HMM_BITCOIND);
+        }
+
+        fprintf(stdout, "%s", strUsage.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+
     try
     {
-        //
-        // Parameters
-        //
-        // If Qt is used, parameters/bitcoin.conf are parsed in qt/bitcoin.cpp's main()
-        ParseParameters(argc, argv);
         if (!boost::filesystem::is_directory(GetDataDir(false)))
         {
             fprintf(stderr, "Error: Specified data directory \"%s\" does not exist.\n", mapArgs["-datadir"].c_str());
@@ -74,7 +97,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
         try
         {
             ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
-        } catch(std::exception &e) {
+        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
             fprintf(stderr,"Error reading configuration file: %s\n", e.what());
             return false;
         }
@@ -84,26 +107,6 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (mapArgs.count("-?") || mapArgs.count("-help") || mapArgs.count("-version"))
-        {
-            std::string strUsage = _("Bitcoin Core Daemon") + " " + _("version") + " " + FormatFullVersion() + "\n";
-
-            if (mapArgs.count("-version"))
-            {
-                strUsage += LicenseInfo();
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                strUsage += "\n" + _("Usage:") + "\n" +
-                      "  bitcoind [options]                     " + _("Start Bitcoin Core Daemon") + "\n";
-
-                strUsage += "\n" + HelpMessage(HMM_BITCOIND);
-            }
-
-            fprintf(stdout, "%s", strUsage.c_str());
-            return false;
-        }
-
         // Command-line RPC
         bool fCommandLine = false;
         for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
@@ -144,7 +147,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
         detectShutdownThread = new boost::thread(boost::bind(&DetectShutdownThread, &threadGroup));
         fRet = AppInit2(threadGroup);
     }
-    catch (std::exception& e) {
+    catch (const std::exception& e) {
         PrintExceptionContinue(&e, "AppInit()");
     } catch (...) {
         PrintExceptionContinue(NULL, "AppInit()");