diff --git a/utils/make_db b/utils/make_db
index 0aeb61ffd34cbaf8deda8a8062b2362cecf43a6d..a9bac2f2ce79f71dca243b318989c9926435597a 100755
--- a/utils/make_db
+++ b/utils/make_db
@@ -248,5 +248,5 @@ case $1 in
     "test-connection") test-connection ;;
     "install_db") install_db ;;
     "restore_db") restore_db $2 ;;
-    *) echo "Unknown action: $1"
+    *) echo "Unknown action: $1"; exit 32
 esac