diff --git a/src/commands/database.js b/src/commands/database.js
index 53903b03..67f527e8 100644
--- a/src/commands/database.js
+++ b/src/commands/database.js
@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ exports.handler = async function (args) {
 
   switch (command) {
     case 'db:create':
-      await sequelize.query(`CREATE DATABASE ${sequelize.queryInterface.quoteIdentifier(config.database)}`, {
+      await sequelize.query(`CREATE DATABASE ${sequelize.getQueryInterface().quoteIdentifier(config.database)}`, {
         type: sequelize.QueryTypes.RAW
-      }).catch(e => {
-        helpers.view.error(`Error: ${e.message}`);
-        process.exit(1);
-      });
+      }).catch(e => helpers.view.error(e));
 
       helpers.view.log(
         'Database',
@@ -34,12 +31,9 @@ exports.handler = async function (args) {
 
       break;
     case 'db:drop':
-      await sequelize.query(`DROP DATABASE ${sequelize.queryInterface.quoteIdentifier(config.database)}`, {
+      await sequelize.query(`DROP DATABASE ${sequelize.getQueryInterface().quoteIdentifier(config.database)}`, {
         type: sequelize.QueryTypes.RAW
-      }).catch(e => {
-        helpers.view.error(`Error: ${e.message}`);
-        process.exit(1);
-      });
+      }).catch(e => helpers.view.error(e));
 
       helpers.view.log(
         'Database',
@@ -59,8 +53,7 @@ function getDatabaseLessSequelize () {
   try {
     config = helpers.config.readConfig();
   } catch (e) {
-    helpers.view.error(`Error: ${e.message}`);
-    process.exit(1);
+    helpers.view.error(e);
   }
 
   config = cloneDeep(config);
@@ -82,13 +75,11 @@ function getDatabaseLessSequelize () {
 
     default:
       helpers.view.error(`Dialect ${config.dialect} does not support db:create / db:drop commands`);
-      process.exit(1);
   }
 
   try {
     return new Sequelize(config);
   } catch (e) {
-    helpers.view.error(`Error: ${e.message}`);
-    process.exit(1);
+    helpers.view.error(e);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/init.js b/src/commands/init.js
index f6ea7fb2..a4e6b919 100644
--- a/src/commands/init.js
+++ b/src/commands/init.js
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ exports.handler = async function (argv) {
 function initConfig (args) {
   if (!helpers.config.configFileExists() || !!args.force) {
     helpers.config.writeDefaultConfig();
-    console.log('Created "' + helpers.config.relativeConfigFile() + '"');
+    helpers.view.log('Created "' + helpers.config.relativeConfigFile() + '"');
   } else {
-    helpers.init.notifyAboutExistingFile(helpers.config.relativeConfigFile());
+    helpers.view.notifyAboutExistingFile(helpers.config.relativeConfigFile());
     process.exit(1);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/migrate.js b/src/commands/migrate.js
index 78764269..7f8c9dff 100644
--- a/src/commands/migrate.js
+++ b/src/commands/migrate.js
@@ -32,16 +32,12 @@ function migrate(args) {
       .then(() =>  migrator.pending())
       .then(migrations => {
         if (migrations.length === 0) {
-          console.log('No migrations were executed, database schema was already up to date.');
+          helpers.view.log('No migrations were executed, database schema was already up to date.');
           process.exit(0);
         }
       })
-      .then(() => migrator.up())
-      .catch(err => {
-        console.error(err);
-        process.exit(1);
-      });
-  });
+      .then(() => migrator.up());
+  }).catch(e => helpers.view.error(e));
 }
 
 function migrationStatus(args) {
@@ -50,18 +46,15 @@ function migrationStatus(args) {
       .then(() => migrator.executed())
       .then(migrations => {
         _.forEach(migrations, migration => {
-          console.log('up', migration.file);
+          helpers.view.log('up', migration.file);
         });
       }).then(() => migrator.pending())
       .then(migrations => {
         _.forEach(migrations, migration => {
-          console.log('down', migration.file);
+          helpers.view.log('down', migration.file);
         });
-      }).catch(err => {
-        console.error(err);
-        process.exit(1);
       });
-  });
+  }).catch(e => helpers.view.error(e));
 }
 
 function migrateSchemaTimestampAdd(args) {
@@ -69,14 +62,10 @@ function migrateSchemaTimestampAdd(args) {
     return addTimestampsToSchema(migrator)
       .then(items => {
         if (items) {
-          console.log('Successfully added timestamps to MetaTable.');
+          helpers.view.log('Successfully added timestamps to MetaTable.');
         } else {
-          console.log('MetaTable already has timestamps.');
+          helpers.view.log('MetaTable already has timestamps.');
         }
-      })
-      .catch(err => {
-        console.error(err);
-        process.exit(1);
       });
-  });
+  }).catch(e => helpers.view.error(e));
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/migrate_undo.js b/src/commands/migrate_undo.js
index 00c86c9d..32537f77 100644
--- a/src/commands/migrate_undo.js
+++ b/src/commands/migrate_undo.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function migrateUndo (args) {
     return ensureCurrentMetaSchema(migrator).then(() => migrator.executed())
       .then(migrations => {
         if (migrations.length === 0) {
-          console.log('No executed migrations found.');
+          helpers.view.log('No executed migrations found.');
           process.exit(0);
         }
       })
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ function migrateUndo (args) {
         } else {
           return migrator.down();
         }
-      })
-      .catch(err => {
-        console.error(err);
-        process.exit(1);
       });
-  });
+  }).catch(e => helpers.view.error(e));
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/commands/migrate_undo_all.js b/src/commands/migrate_undo_all.js
index 37198f03..53366fd2 100644
--- a/src/commands/migrate_undo_all.js
+++ b/src/commands/migrate_undo_all.js
@@ -28,14 +28,10 @@ function migrationUndoAll (args) {
     return ensureCurrentMetaSchema(migrator).then(() => migrator.executed())
       .then(migrations => {
         if (migrations.length === 0) {
-          console.log('No executed migrations found.');
+          helpers.view.log('No executed migrations found.');
           process.exit(0);
         }
       })
-      .then(() => migrator.down({ to: args.to || 0 }))
-      .catch(err => {
-        console.error(err);
-        process.exit(1);
-      });
-  });
+      .then(() => migrator.down({ to: args.to || 0 }));
+  }).catch(e => helpers.view.error(e));
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/commands/model_generate.js b/src/commands/model_generate.js
index 109f1eda..0cfa866a 100644
--- a/src/commands/model_generate.js
+++ b/src/commands/model_generate.js
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ function ensureModelsFolder () {
       helpers.path.getModelsPath() +
       '). Did you run ' + clc.blueBright('sequelize init') + '?'
     );
-    process.exit(1);
   }
 }
 
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ function ensureMigrationsFolder () {
       helpers.path.getPath('migration') +
       '). Did you run ' + clc.blueBright('sequelize init') + '?'
     );
-    process.exit(1);
   }
 }
 
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ function checkModelFileExistence (args) {
   const modelPath = helpers.path.getModelPath(args.name);
 
   if (!args.force && helpers.model.modelFileExists(modelPath)) {
-    helpers.model.notifyAboutExistingFile(modelPath);
+    helpers.view.notifyAboutExistingFile(modelPath);
     process.exit(1);
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/commands/seed.js b/src/commands/seed.js
index 1c9c8ba4..d37f98e0 100644
--- a/src/commands/seed.js
+++ b/src/commands/seed.js
@@ -29,17 +29,13 @@ function seedAll (args) {
     return migrator.pending()
       .then(seeders => {
         if (seeders.length === 0) {
-          console.log('No seeders found.');
+          helpers.view.log('No seeders found.');
           return;
         }
 
         return migrator.up({ migrations: _.chain(seeders).map('file').value() });
-      })
-      .catch(err => {
-        console.error('Seed file failed with error:', err.message, err.stack);
-        process.exit(1);
       });
-  });
+  }).catch(e => helpers.view.error(e));
 }
 
 function seedUndoAll (args) {
@@ -49,15 +45,11 @@ function seedUndoAll (args) {
     )
       .then(seeders => {
         if (seeders.length === 0) {
-          console.log('No seeders found.');
+          helpers.view.log('No seeders found.');
           return;
         }
 
         return migrator.down({ migrations: _.chain(seeders).map('file').reverse().value() });
-      })
-      .catch(err => {
-        console.error('Seed file failed with error:', err.message, err.stack);
-        process.exit(1);
       });
-  });
+  }).catch(e => helpers.view.error(e));
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/seed_one.js b/src/commands/seed_one.js
index 90142dc1..9a22da79 100644
--- a/src/commands/seed_one.js
+++ b/src/commands/seed_one.js
@@ -30,22 +30,14 @@ exports.handler = async function (args) {
   switch (command) {
     case 'db:seed':
       await getMigrator('seeder', args).then(migrator => {
-        return migrator.up(seeds)
-          .catch(err => {
-            console.error('Seed file failed with error:', err.message, err.stack);
-            process.exit(1);
-          });
-      });
+        return migrator.up(seeds);
+      }).catch(e => helpers.view.error(e));
       break;
 
     case 'db:seed:undo':
       await getMigrator('seeder', args).then(migrator => {
-        return migrator.down({ migrations: seeds })
-          .catch(err => {
-            console.error('Seed file failed with error:', err.message, err.stack);
-            process.exit(1);
-          });
-      });
+        return migrator.down({ migrations: seeds });
+      }).catch(e => helpers.view.error(e));
       break;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/migrator.js b/src/core/migrator.js
index 578d724a..c8f2803d 100644
--- a/src/core/migrator.js
+++ b/src/core/migrator.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import helpers from '../helpers/index';
 import Umzug from 'umzug';
 import Bluebird from 'bluebird';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
+import helpers from '../helpers/index';
+
 const Sequelize = helpers.generic.getSequelize();
 
 export function logMigrator (s) {
@@ -17,8 +18,7 @@ function getSequelizeInstance () {
   try {
     config = helpers.config.readConfig();
   } catch (e) {
-    console.log(e.message);
-    process.exit(1);
+    helpers.view.error(e);
   }
 
   config = _.defaults(config, { logging: logMigrator });
@@ -26,15 +26,14 @@ function getSequelizeInstance () {
   try {
     return new Sequelize(config);
   } catch (e) {
-    console.warn(e);
-    throw e;
+    helpers.view.error(e);
   }
 }
 
 export function getMigrator (type, args) {
   return Bluebird.try(() => {
     if (!(helpers.config.configFileExists() || args.url)) {
-      console.log(
+      helpers.view.error(
         'Cannot find "' + helpers.config.getConfigFile() +
         '". Have you run "sequelize init"?'
       );
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ export function getMigrator (type, args) {
     const migrator = new Umzug({
       storage: helpers.umzug.getStorage(type),
       storageOptions: helpers.umzug.getStorageOptions(type, { sequelize }),
-      logging: console.log,
+      logging: helpers.view.log,
       migrations: {
         params: [sequelize.getQueryInterface(), Sequelize],
         path: helpers.path.getPath(type),
@@ -63,10 +62,7 @@ export function getMigrator (type, args) {
     return sequelize
       .authenticate()
       .then(() => migrator)
-      .catch(err => {
-        console.error('Unable to connect to database: ' + err);
-        process.exit(1);
-      });
+      .catch(e => helpers.view.error(e));
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/yargs.js b/src/core/yargs.js
index 2bdf2181..a09180c2 100644
--- a/src/core/yargs.js
+++ b/src/core/yargs.js
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ export function _baseOptions (yargs) {
     .option('url', {
       describe: 'The database connection string to use. Alternative to using --config files',
       type: 'string'
+    })
+    .option('debug', {
+      describe: 'When available show various debug information',
+      default: false,
+      type: 'boolean'
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/config-helper.js b/src/helpers/config-helper.js
index 94a2d94e..fe21286f 100644
--- a/src/helpers/config-helper.js
+++ b/src/helpers/config-helper.js
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ const api = {
       }
 
       if (args.url) {
-        console.log('Parsed url ' + api.filteredUrl(args.url, api.rawConfig));
+        helpers.view.log('Parsed url ' + api.filteredUrl(args.url, api.rawConfig));
       } else {
-        console.log('Loaded configuration file "' + api.relativeConfigFile() + '".');
+        helpers.view.log('Loaded configuration file "' + api.relativeConfigFile() + '".');
       }
 
       if (api.rawConfig[env]) {
-        console.log('Using environment "' + env + '".');
+        helpers.view.log('Using environment "' + env + '".');
 
         api.rawConfig = api.rawConfig[env];
       }
diff --git a/src/helpers/init-helper.js b/src/helpers/init-helper.js
index 91b0084c..0bdbeb58 100644
--- a/src/helpers/init-helper.js
+++ b/src/helpers/init-helper.js
@@ -1,44 +1,36 @@
 import helpers from './index';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import clc from 'cli-color';
 
 function createFolder (folderName, folder, force) {
   if (force) {
-    console.log('Deleting the ' + folderName + ' folder. (--force)');
+    helpers.view.log('Deleting the ' + folderName + ' folder. (--force)');
 
     try {
       fs.readdirSync(folder).forEach(filename => {
         fs.unlinkSync(path.resolve(folder, filename));
       });
     } catch (e) {
-      console.log(e);
+      helpers.view.error(e);
     }
 
     try {
       fs.rmdirSync(folder);
-      console.log('Successfully deleted the ' + folderName + ' folder.');
+      helpers.view.log('Successfully deleted the ' + folderName + ' folder.');
     } catch (e) {
-      console.log(e);
+      helpers.view.error(e);
     }
   }
 
   try {
     helpers.asset.mkdirp(folder);
-    console.log('Successfully created ' + folderName + ' folder at "' + folder + '".');
+    helpers.view.log('Successfully created ' + folderName + ' folder at "' + folder + '".');
   } catch (e) {
-    console.log(e);
+    helpers.view.error(e);
   }
 };
 
 const init = {
-  notifyAboutExistingFile: file => {
-    helpers.view.log(
-      'The file ' + clc.blueBright(file) + ' already exists. Run ' +
-      '"sequelize init --force" to overwrite it.'
-    );
-  },
-
   createMigrationsFolder: force => {
     createFolder('migrations', helpers.path.getPath('migration'), force);
   },
@@ -61,7 +53,7 @@ const init = {
     if (!helpers.path.existsSync(modelsPath)) {
       helpers.view.log('Models folder not available.');
     } else if (helpers.path.existsSync(indexPath) && !force) {
-      this.notifyAboutExistingFile(indexPath);
+      helpers.view.notifyAboutExistingFile(indexPath);
     } else {
       const relativeConfigPath = path.relative(
         helpers.path.getModelsPath(),
diff --git a/src/helpers/model-helper.js b/src/helpers/model-helper.js
index 287aff4c..3539ad0c 100644
--- a/src/helpers/model-helper.js
+++ b/src/helpers/model-helper.js
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
-import clc from 'cli-color';
 import helpers from './index';
 
 module.exports = {
-  notifyAboutExistingFile (file) {
-    helpers.view.error(
-      'The file ' + clc.blueBright(file) + ' already exists. ' +
-      'Run "sequelize model:create --force" to overwrite it.'
-    );
-  },
-
   transformAttributes (flag) {
     /*
       possible flag formats:
diff --git a/src/helpers/view-helper.js b/src/helpers/view-helper.js
index af946a30..16e09670 100644
--- a/src/helpers/view-helper.js
+++ b/src/helpers/view-helper.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import clc from 'cli-color';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import helpers from './index';
+import getYArgs from '../core/yargs';
+
+const args = getYArgs().argv;
 
 module.exports = {
   teaser () {
@@ -16,17 +19,45 @@ module.exports = {
 
     // Remove in v4
     if (helpers.version.getOrmVersion().match(/^4./)) {
-      this.log(clc.yellow(
-        'WARNING: This version of Sequelize CLI is not ' +
+      this.warn(
+        'This version of Sequelize CLI is not ' +
         'fully compatible with Sequelize v4. ' +
         'https://github.com/sequelize/cli#sequelize-support'
-      ));
+      );
       this.log();
     }
   },
 
-  log: console.log,
-  error: console.error,
+  log () {
+    console.log.apply(this, arguments);
+  },
+
+  error (error) {
+    let message = error;
+
+    if (error instanceof Error) {
+      message = !args.debug
+        ? error.message
+        : error.stack;
+    }
+
+    this.log();
+    console.error(`${clc.red('ERROR:')} ${message}`);
+    this.log();
+
+    process.exit(1);
+  },
+
+  warn (message) {
+    this.log(`${clc.yellow('WARNING:')} ${message}`);
+  },
+
+  notifyAboutExistingFile (file) {
+    this.error(
+      'The file ' + clc.blueBright(file) + ' already exists. ' +
+      'Run command with --force to overwrite it.'
+    );
+  },
 
   pad (s, smth) {
     let margin = smth;