diff --git a/config/suricata/suricata-watcher b/config/suricata/suricata-watcher
index a1a13d40c..af4defe04 100644
--- a/config/suricata/suricata-watcher
+++ b/config/suricata/suricata-watcher
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ main() {
 	return ${ret}
 }
 
-main "$@" || return $?
+main "$@" || exit $?