diff --git a/cron.php b/cron.php
index 815786ada53..bf35f0d2374 100644
--- a/cron.php
+++ b/cron.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  * @author Steffen Lindner <mail@steffen-lindner.de>
  * @author Thomas Müller <thomas.mueller@tmit.eu>
  * @author Vincent Petry <vincent@nextcloud.com>
+ * @author Stephen Michel <git@smichel.me>
  *
  * @license AGPL-3.0
  *
@@ -158,6 +159,8 @@ try {
 	exit();
 } catch (Exception $ex) {
 	\OC::$server->getLogger()->logException($ex, ['app' => 'cron']);
+	exit(1);
 } catch (Error $ex) {
 	\OC::$server->getLogger()->logException($ex, ['app' => 'cron']);
+	exit(1);
 }