diff --git a/offlineimap/init.py b/offlineimap/init.py
index e5560a9..063a2c0 100644
--- a/offlineimap/init.py
+++ b/offlineimap/init.py
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ class OfflineImap:
         except (SystemExit):
             raise
         except Exception, e:
-            ui.mainException()
+            ui.error(e)
+            ui.terminate()
 
     def sync_singlethreaded(self, accs, config):
         """Executed if we do not want a separate syncmaster thread
diff --git a/offlineimap/ui/UIBase.py b/offlineimap/ui/UIBase.py
index f5dca57..5017934 100644
--- a/offlineimap/ui/UIBase.py
+++ b/offlineimap/ui/UIBase.py
@@ -344,14 +344,6 @@ class UIBase:
         s.delThreadDebugLog(thread)
         s.terminate(100)
 
-    def getMainExceptionString(s):
-        return "Main program terminated with exception:\n%s\n" %\
-               traceback.format_exc() + \
-               s.getThreadDebugLog(threading.currentThread())
-
-    def mainException(s):
-        s._msg(s.getMainExceptionString())
-
     def terminate(self, exitstatus = 0, errortitle = None, errormsg = None):
         """Called to terminate the application."""
         #print any exceptions that have occurred over the run