diff --git a/pywb/manager/manager.py b/pywb/manager/manager.py
index 5bebcae0..04fe90f2 100644
--- a/pywb/manager/manager.py
+++ b/pywb/manager/manager.py
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ Create manage file based web archive collections
                             formatter_class=RawTextHelpFormatter)
 
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest='type')
+    subparsers.required = True
 
     # Init Coll
     def do_init(r):