diff --git a/patroni/ctl.py b/patroni/ctl.py
index 18301618..22fad384 100644
--- a/patroni/ctl.py
+++ b/patroni/ctl.py
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ def touch_member(config, dcs):
 
 def is_paused(cluster):
     """Check if cluster management is paused"""
-    return 'pause' in cluster.config.data and cluster.config.data['pause']
+    return cluster.config and 'pause' in cluster.config.data and cluster.config.data['pause']
 
 
 def set_defaults(config, cluster_name):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8b9b3c79..0a8be460 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ click>=4.1
 prettytable>=0.7
 tzlocal
 python-dateutil
+coverage
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_ctl.py b/tests/test_ctl.py
index d4e6db66..81a2261e 100644
--- a/tests/test_ctl.py
+++ b/tests/test_ctl.py
@@ -393,3 +393,40 @@ class TestCtl(unittest.TestCase):
         with patch.object(requests, 'delete', return_value=MockResponse(404)):
             result = self.runner.invoke(ctl, ['flush', 'dummy', 'restart', '--force'])
             assert 'Failed: flush scheduled restart' in result.output
+
+    @patch('patroni.ctl.get_dcs')
+    def test_disable_cluster(self, mock_get_dcs):
+        mock_get_dcs.return_value = self.e
+        mock_get_dcs.return_value.get_cluster = get_cluster_initialized_with_leader
+
+        with patch('requests.patch', Mock(return_value=MockResponse(200))):
+            result = self.runner.invoke(ctl, ['disable', 'dummy'])
+            assert 'Success' in result.output
+
+        with patch('requests.patch', Mock(return_value=MockResponse(500))):
+            result = self.runner.invoke(ctl, ['disable', 'dummy'])
+            assert 'Failed' in result.output
+
+        with patch('requests.patch', Mock(return_value=MockResponse(200))),\
+                patch('patroni.ctl.is_paused', Mock(return_value=True)):
+            result = self.runner.invoke(ctl, ['disable', 'dummy'])
+            assert 'Cluster is already paused' in result.output
+
+    @patch('patroni.ctl.get_dcs')
+    def test_resume_cluster(self, mock_get_dcs):
+        mock_get_dcs.return_value = self.e
+        mock_get_dcs.return_value.get_cluster = get_cluster_initialized_with_leader
+
+        with patch('patroni.ctl.is_paused', Mock(return_value=True)):
+            with patch('requests.patch', Mock(return_value=MockResponse(200))):
+                result = self.runner.invoke(ctl, ['resume', 'dummy'])
+                assert 'Success' in result.output
+
+            with patch('requests.patch', Mock(return_value=MockResponse(500))):
+                result = self.runner.invoke(ctl, ['resume', 'dummy'])
+                assert 'Failed' in result.output
+
+            with patch('requests.patch', Mock(return_value=MockResponse(200))),\
+                    patch('patroni.ctl.is_paused', Mock(return_value=False)):
+                result = self.runner.invoke(ctl, ['resume', 'dummy'])
+                assert 'Cluster is not paused' in result.output