1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/swaymsg/main.c b/swaymsg/main.c
index c3468a16..5f7854f5 100644
--- a/swaymsg/main.c
+++ b/swaymsg/main.c
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                                 if (!quiet) {
                                         sway_log(SWAY_ERROR, "failed to parse payload as json: %s",
                                                 json_tokener_error_desc(err));
-                                        ret = 1;
                                 }
+                                ret = 1;
                                 break;
                         } else if (quiet) {
                                 json_object_put(obj);