diff --git a/cmd/commands/datasetIngestor.go b/cmd/commands/datasetIngestor.go
index 5c2d213..4ef22c9 100644
--- a/cmd/commands/datasetIngestor.go
+++ b/cmd/commands/datasetIngestor.go
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ For Windows you need instead to specify -user username:password on the command l
 		absFileListing := ""
 
 		if len(args) <= 0 || len(args) >= 3 {
-			log.Println("invalid number of args")
-			return
+			log.Fatal("invalid number of args")
 		}
 
 		metadatafile = args[0]