diff --git a/pipenv/exceptions.py b/pipenv/exceptions.py
index 62e25d53..900f2d5e 100644
--- a/pipenv/exceptions.py
+++ b/pipenv/exceptions.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class DeployException(PipenvUsageError):
         if not message:
             message = crayons.normal("Aborting deploy", bold=True)
         extra = kwargs.pop("extra", [])
-        PipenvUsageError.__init__(message=fix_utf8(message), extra=extra, **kwargs)
+        PipenvUsageError.__init__(self, message=fix_utf8(message), extra=extra, **kwargs)
 
 
 class PipenvOptionsError(PipenvUsageError):