diff --git a/start-innd.sh b/start-innd.sh
index 6774a6f..de44a48 100755
--- a/start-innd.sh
+++ b/start-innd.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ if [ ! -d "/inn2/spool/articles" ]; then
     cp -r /inn2/spool-default/* /inn2/spool
 fi
 
-cd /inn2
+cd /inn2 || exit 1
 
 /inn2/bin/innd -f