diff --git a/src/vpoller-cclient/vpoller-cclient.c b/src/vpoller-cclient/vpoller-cclient.c
index 0aaaffe..bab2778 100644
--- a/src/vpoller-cclient/vpoller-cclient.c
+++ b/src/vpoller-cclient/vpoller-cclient.c
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
   
   /* Do we have any result? */
   if (result == NULL) {
+    rc = EX_UNAVAILABLE;
     printf("{ \"success\": 1, \"msg\": \"Did not receive reply from server, aborting...\" }\n");
   } else {
     printf("%s\n", result);