diff --git a/bin/slubsipbuilderbagit.pl b/bin/slubsipbuilderbagit.pl
index 5a61547bfdf8b0dacf6319b8bd2b679bc5310636..9966f2e65a6e7fca3d7d5f38bf4607924ec8a705 100644
--- a/bin/slubsipbuilderbagit.pl
+++ b/bin/slubsipbuilderbagit.pl
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ GetOptions(
 ) or pod2usage(2);
 
 # help
-if ($help) { pod2usage(1); }
+if ($help) { pod2usage(1); exit 1; }
 # man
 if ($man) { pod2usage(-exitval => 0, -verbose => 2); }
 # save