diff --git a/pyanaconda/exception.py b/pyanaconda/exception.py
index c2176125b0f..c1cf69c9099 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/exception.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/exception.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def handleException(self, dump_info):
                         # for a few seconds before exiting the installer
                         print(cmdline_error_msg)
                         time.sleep(10)
-                        sys.exit(0)
+                        sys.exit(1)
                     else:
                         print("\nAn unknown error has occured, look at the "
                                "/tmp/anaconda-tb* file(s) for more details")