1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SpawnPP.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SpawnPP.pm
index 1a402e42..288625d0 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SpawnPP.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SpawnPP.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sub public_inbox_fork_exec ($$$$$$) {
                          $ENV{$k} = $v;
                  }
                  exec @$cmd;
-                exit 1;
+                die "exec $cmd->[0] failed: $!\n";
          }
          $pid;
  }