diff --git a/scripts/exwave_init.sh b/scripts/exwave_init.sh
index 8cb755ec18..714ed7880b 100755
--- a/scripts/exwave_init.sh
+++ b/scripts/exwave_init.sh
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@
   echo ' '
   [[ "$LOUD" = YES ]] && set -x
 
-  msg="$job completed normally"
-  postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
+  exit $err
 
 # End of MWW3 init config script ------------------------------------------- #
diff --git a/scripts/exwave_prep.sh b/scripts/exwave_prep.sh
index 4161943fc8..d687600b1a 100755
--- a/scripts/exwave_prep.sh
+++ b/scripts/exwave_prep.sh
@@ -1020,7 +1020,6 @@
   echo ' '
   [[ "$LOUD" = YES ]] && set -x
 
-  msg="$job completed normally"
-  postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
+  exit $err
 
 # End of MWW3 preprocessor script ------------------------------------------- #