diff --git a/src/mintdb/perf_taler_mintdb.c b/src/mintdb/perf_taler_mintdb.c
index bc855f300..91d61f467 100644
--- a/src/mintdb/perf_taler_mintdb.c
+++ b/src/mintdb/perf_taler_mintdb.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ main (int argc, char ** argv)
                                          "./test-mint-db-postgres.conf",
                                          NULL,
                                          benchmark);
-
+  if (GNUNET_SYSERR == ret)
+    return 1;
   return 0;
 }