diff --git a/bin/cadmus b/bin/cadmus
index a3d4599..fc0ba5e 100755
--- a/bin/cadmus
+++ b/bin/cadmus
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 main() {
 
     setvars
-    [[ -z "${1:-}" ]] && mainHelp
+    [[ -z "${1:-}" ]] && mainHelp && exit 0
     arguments  "${@:-}"
 }