diff --git a/perl/exit_strategy.pl b/perl/exit_strategy.pl
index 8e5aa819f039ae5f1240d0de4bee1ab836ffc638..1a323f3cdc5bc88d77f09b225b6aa5704702fe86 100644
--- a/perl/exit_strategy.pl
+++ b/perl/exit_strategy.pl
@@ -509,14 +509,14 @@ if (defined $dir && -d "$dir") {
     my $ret = parse_iexml($_, $flag_recovery);
     write_addsql($dbh, $ret);
   }
-  say;
+  say "";
   $dbh->disconnect or warn("disconnecting problems, ", $dbh->errstr);
   say "processed $count uniq IEs";
 }
 else {
   die "no directory given on commandline"
 }
-say;
+say "";
 
 1;