diff --git a/utils/scripts/eqemu_update.pl b/utils/scripts/eqemu_update.pl
index c7c7e94b2..9c1556d21 100644
--- a/utils/scripts/eqemu_update.pl
+++ b/utils/scripts/eqemu_update.pl
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ sub database_dump_compress {
 sub script_exit{ 
 	#::: Cleanup staged folder...
 	rmtree("updates_staged/");
+	exit;
 }
 
 #::: Returns Tab Delimited MySQL Result from Command Line