direct-query-claim-prep.py error: AttributeError: 'Namespace' object has no attribute 'electrum_server'

[whysthatso]

./direct-query-claim-prep.py --not-tails  claim_save_file bitcoin-private 1HE..<cut>

read: /home/user/coins/forkdrop_suite/forkdrop-data.json
read: /home/user/coins/forkdrop_suite/forkdrop-data.json
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "./direct-query-claim-prep.py", line 48, in <module>
    vdb = ValueDb(settings)
  File "/home/user/coins/forkdrop_suite/lib/value_db.py", line 23, in __init__
    self['addrs'] = self._get_address_info(settings, addrs)
  File "/home/user/coins/forkdrop_suite/lib/value_db.py", line 41, in _get_address_info
    if settings.electrum_server:
AttributeError: 'Namespace' object has no attribute 'electrum_server'

any idea what's the problem here?