diff --git a/lastpass.sh b/lastpass.sh
index 9464ec6..f12873a 100755
--- a/lastpass.sh
+++ b/lastpass.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-lpass ls | grep $1 | awk '{ if (match($0,/\[id: (.*)?\]/,m)) print m[1] }' | xargs lpass show 
-# --color=always --format="%ai %au %ap" # buggy lpass shit
+
+# First check if lastpass is correctly initialized
+if lpass ls 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  # success
+  lpass ls | grep $1 | awk '{ if (match($0,/\[id: (.*)?\]/,m)) print m[1] }' | xargs lpass show 
+  # --color=always --format="%ai %au %ap" # unable to use because lpass is buggy with the formatting
+else
+  # failure
+  echo -n "Enter login name: "
+  read loginname
+  lpass login $loginname
+fi
+