diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -469,10 +469,12 @@ void prepareJobPaths(int jobnum, int fra
    free(jobdatapath);
 }
 
-int checkUsername(char *username){
-  if(username == NULL || strcmp(username, "!username") == 0 ) {
+int checkUsername(char *username)
+{
+  if(username == NULL || strcmp(username, "!username") == 0 )
+    {
      fprintf(stderr, "\nPlease ensure that your username is present in distrenslave.conf\n");
-     return 0;
+     return 1;
    }
    else
      if( username != NULL || strcmp(username, "!username") != 0 )