diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index afd495e07..34342423e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import cli from 'cli-ux';
 import { ServiceError } from './lib/errors';
 import updateNotifier from 'update-notifier';
 import { ScanningStrategyDetectorUtils } from './detectors/utils/ScanningStrategyDetectorUtils';
+import { PracticeImpact } from './model';
 // import { ScanningStrategyDetectorUtils } from './utils/ScanningStrategyDetectorUtils';
 
 class DXScannerCommand extends Command {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ class DXScannerCommand extends Command {
     const { args, flags } = this.parse(DXScannerCommand);
     let authorization = flags.authorization ? flags.authorization : undefined;
     const json = flags.json ? flags.json : undefined;
-    const fail = flags.fail ? flags.fail : undefined;
+    const fail = flags.fail ? flags.fail : PracticeImpact.high;
 
     const notifier = updateNotifier({ pkg: this.config.pjson });
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ class DXScannerCommand extends Command {
     const scanPath = args.path || process.cwd();
     cli.action.start(`Scanning URI: ${scanPath}`);
 
-    const container = createRootContainer({ uri: scanPath, auth: authorization, json: json, fail: fail });
+    const container = createRootContainer({ uri: scanPath, auth: authorization, json: json, fail: <PracticeImpact>fail });
     const scanner = container.get(Scanner);
 
     try {
diff --git a/src/inversify.config.ts b/src/inversify.config.ts
index 8d5816289..a716243ff 100644
--- a/src/inversify.config.ts
+++ b/src/inversify.config.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ import { IFileInspector } from './inspectors/IFileInspector';
 import { IPackageInspector } from './inspectors/IPackageInspector';
 import { IssueTrackingInspector } from './inspectors/IssueTrackingInspector';
 import { JavaScriptPackageInspector } from './inspectors/package/JavaScriptPackageInspector';
-import { ProgrammingLanguage, ProjectComponent, ProjectComponentFramework, ProjectComponentPlatform, ProjectComponentType } from './model';
+import {
+  ProgrammingLanguage,
+  ProjectComponent,
+  ProjectComponentFramework,
+  ProjectComponentPlatform,
+  ProjectComponentType,
+  PracticeImpact,
+} from './model';
 import { practices } from './practices';
 import { IPracticeWithMetadata } from './practices/DxPracticeDecorator';
 import { CLIReporter } from './reporters/CLIReporter';
@@ -127,5 +134,5 @@ export interface ArgumentsProvider {
   uri: string;
   auth?: string;
   json?: boolean;
-  fail?: PracticeImpact | "all";
+  fail?: PracticeImpact | 'all';
 }
diff --git a/src/scanner/Scanner.ts b/src/scanner/Scanner.ts
index 231fa4edf..d280f700e 100644
--- a/src/scanner/Scanner.ts
+++ b/src/scanner/Scanner.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ export class Scanner {
         isOn: p.isOn,
       };
     });
+    console.log(reportArguments, 'reportArg');
 
     const reportString = this.reporter.report(reportArguments);
 
@@ -181,11 +182,14 @@ export class Scanner {
       ? console.log(reportString)
       : console.log(util.inspect(reportString, { showHidden: false, depth: null }));
 
-    const notPracticingPracticesToFail = reportArguments.filter(
-      (practice) =>
-        practice.evaluation === PracticeEvaluationResult.notPracticing &&
-        (practice.impact === this.argumentsProvider.fail || this.argumentsProvider.fail === 'all'),
-    );
+    let notPracticingPracticesToFail = [];
+    if (this.argumentsProvider.fail !== 'off') {
+      notPracticingPracticesToFail = reportArguments.filter(
+        (practice) =>
+          practice.evaluation === PracticeEvaluationResult.notPracticing &&
+          (practice.impact === this.argumentsProvider.fail || this.argumentsProvider.fail === 'all'),
+      );
+    }
 
     if (notPracticingPracticesToFail.length > 0) {
       process.exit(1);