diff --git a/bin/check_newline.sh b/bin/check_newline.sh
index 6546a6f8a133f159ce35960723d6cbc1c085d4ac..d2ff0d0689244708c5965fd35619ef24f0cb9559 100755
--- a/bin/check_newline.sh
+++ b/bin/check_newline.sh
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ done < <(file -f "$1" --mime | grep '\btext' | cut -d: -f1)
 
 if [ $errors -gt 0 ]; then
     echo "Found $errors file(s) with errors."
-    exit 0
+    exit 1
 fi