1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/faudit/syscall.c b/src/faudit/syscall.c
index 9924be00f..3c87305df 100644
--- a/src/faudit/syscall.c
+++ b/src/faudit/syscall.c
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ void syscall_run(const char *name) {
                 errExit("fork");
         if (child == 0) {
                 execl(prog, prog, "syscall", name, NULL);
-                exit(1);
+                perror("execl");
+                _exit(1);
         }
                 
         // wait for the child to finish