No output on launch

Installed it on gitbash using python/pip (which I know very little about but I didn't spot any errors in the output), and it has created the exe `/Python27/Scripts/litecli.exe`, but when I start it, it doesn't show any output at all. `--help` works. But `litecli newdb.db` or `litecli existingdb.db` just shows a blinking cursor underneath the prompt. Amusingly, I can move the cursor all over the screen using the cursor keys, I assume this shows something-ncurses'y has started :-)
Are there logs I can look at or a verbose mode, or ..?

PS. if I do `litecli -l foo.txt somefile.db` it *does* create foo.txt, but it remains empty.