diff --git a/bin/auto b/bin/auto
index 6b96eb9..4c3399b 100755
--- a/bin/auto
+++ b/bin/auto
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ foreach my $REQCVAL (@REQCVALS) {
 		if ($REQCVAL eq "expire_logs") {
 			$err = 1;
 		}
-		print "Failed.\n";
-		err($err, "Missing required configuration value: $REQCVAL", 1) or print ".\n" and exit;
+		err($err, "Missing required configuration value: $REQCVAL", 1);
 	}
 }
 undef @REQCVALS;