diff --git a/src/app/dm.cpp b/src/app/dm.cpp
index 54929f2..05cf8c6 100644
--- a/src/app/dm.cpp
+++ b/src/app/dm.cpp
@@ -272,6 +272,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         exit_failure("Unknown error...");
     }
 
-    exit(exitcode);
+    return exitcode;
 }
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