diff --git a/sparsebundlefs.cpp b/sparsebundlefs.cpp
index 47b7929..3fe4e97 100644
--- a/sparsebundlefs.cpp
+++ b/sparsebundlefs.cpp
@@ -591,4 +591,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     int ret = fuse_main(args.argc, args.argv, &sparsebundle_filesystem_operations, &sparsebundle);
     syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "exiting with return code %d", ret);
+    return ret;
 }