diff --git a/brozzler/__init__.py b/brozzler/__init__.py
index 28ced63..af51e61 100644
--- a/brozzler/__init__.py
+++ b/brozzler/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ class ReachedLimit(Exception):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "ReachedLimit(warcprox_meta=%s,http_payload=%s)" % (
-                repr(self.warcprox_meta), repr(self.http_payload))
+                repr(self.warcprox_meta) if hasattr(self, 'warcprox_meta') else None,
+                repr(self.http_payload) if hasattr(self, 'http_payload') else None)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.__repr__()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ab4237e..3491ba2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def find_package_data(package):
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='brozzler',
-        version='1.1b11.dev248',
+        version='1.1b11.dev249',
         description='Distributed web crawling with browsers',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/brozzler',
         author='Noah Levitt',