diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/clightning-sane/clightning-sane b/pkgs/by-name/clightning-sane/clightning-sane
index 83e3dcb36..334633255 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/clightning-sane/clightning-sane
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/clightning-sane/clightning-sane
@@ -769,13 +769,18 @@ def main():
 
     rpc = RpcHelper(LightningRpc(RPC_FILE))
 
-    if args.action == "status":
+    action = getattr(args, "action", None)
+
+    if action is None:
+        show_status(rpc)
+
+    if action == "status":
         show_status(rpc, full=args.full)
 
-    if args.action == "loop":
+    if action == "loop":
         balance_loop(rpc, out=args.out, in_=args.in_, amount_msat=int(args.amount), min_msat=int(args.min_msat), max_msat=int(args.max_msat), parallelism=int(args.jobs))
 
-    if args.action == "autobalance":
+    if action == "autobalance":
         autobalance(rpc, min_msat=int(args.min_msat), max_msat=int(args.max_msat), parallelism=int(args.jobs))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':