diff --git a/wrfhydropy/core/schedulers.py b/wrfhydropy/core/schedulers.py
index 7df0eee1..abc0a8ec 100644
--- a/wrfhydropy/core/schedulers.py
+++ b/wrfhydropy/core/schedulers.py
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ def _write_job_pbs(self,jobs):
                 jobstr += "export MPI_USE_ARRAY=false\n"
 
             jobstr += '{0} run_job.py --job_id {1}\n'.format(python_path, job.job_id)
+            jobstr += 'exit $?\n'
 
             pbs_file = job.job_dir.joinpath('job_' + job.job_id + '.pbs')
             with pbs_file.open(mode='w') as f: