--- trunk/lib/Frey/Run.pm	2008/11/18 19:50:45	423
+++ trunk/lib/Frey/Run.pm	2008/11/19 00:40:03	431
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 extends 'Frey::Action';
 with 'Frey::Web';
 with 'Frey::Escape';
+with 'Frey::Session';
 
 use Data::Dump qw/dump/;
 use Frey::Dumper;
@@ -69,7 +70,17 @@
 			warn "got required params form for $class ", $self->run, " format: ", $self->format;
 		} else {
 
-			my $o = $class->new( %{ $self->params } );
+			$self->usage->{ $class }++;
+
+			my $o;
+			eval { $o = $class->new( %{ $self->params } ) };
+			if ( $@ ) {
+				warn "can't call $class->new: $@" if $@;
+				my ( $meta, $is_role, $instance ) = $self->class_meta( $class );
+				$o = $instance if $is_role;
+			}
+			confess "can't create class instance for $class" unless $o;
+
 			$o->depends if $o->can('depends');
 
 			push @{ $self->status }, { qq|<a target="editor" href="/editor+$class+1">$class</a>| => $self->params };