diff --git a/bin/caam b/bin/caam
index e73c780..63c8775 100755
--- a/bin/caam
+++ b/bin/caam
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
 
 successlog() (
  status=$?
- $CAAM_LOG || return $?
+ $CAAM_LOG || return $status
  if touch $logfile 2>/dev/null; then
    PWD=`pwd`				# for compatibility
    uname=`uname -sm 2>/dev/null`