diff --git a/examples/js/cli.js b/examples/js/cli.js
index 4a0ed9d9ae06d..d6c99315fc900 100644
--- a/examples/js/cli.js
+++ b/examples/js/cli.js
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ async function main () {
         let args = params.map (param =>
             param.match (/[a-zA-Z]/g) ? param : parseFloat (param))
 
-        console.log (await exchange[methodName] (... args))
+        if (typeof exchange[methodName] == 'function') {
+            log (await exchange[methodName] (... args))
+        } else {
+            log (exchange[methodName])
+        }
 
     }
 }