diff --git a/src/site-type/HTML.php b/src/site-type/HTML.php
index c36dfc8e..39869625 100644
--- a/src/site-type/HTML.php
+++ b/src/site-type/HTML.php
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ private function catch_clean( $e ) {
 		$this->delete_site( $this->level, $this->site_data['site_url'], $this->site_data['site_fs_path'] );
 		\EE\Utils\delem_log( 'site cleanup end' );
 		\EE::log( 'Report bugs here: https://github.com/EasyEngine/site-command' );
-		exit;
+		exit( 1 );
 	}
 
 	/**