diff --git a/src/sbbs3/textgen.c b/src/sbbs3/textgen.c
index 476d0c60e124032a5f2f77d8ec30f7f8d4babc2b..460b1fe6e8e1b7cd23d74e82ab00be7fe1ecb274 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/textgen.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/textgen.c
@@ -171,11 +171,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	SAFEPRINTF(path,"%s/text.dat",p);
 	if((text_dat=fopen(path,"r"))==NULL) {
 		perror(path);
-		return(1);
+		return __LINE__;
 	}
 	if((text_h=fopen("text.h", "w"))==NULL) {
 		perror("text.h");
-		return(1);
+		return __LINE__;
 	}
 	fputs("/* text.h */\n",text_h);
 	fputs("\n",text_h);
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	sprintf(path,"%s/load/text.js",p);
 	if((text_js=fopen(path, "w"))==NULL) {
 		perror(path);
-		return(1);
+		return __LINE__;
 	}
 	fputs("/* Synchronet static text string constants */\n",text_js);
 	fputs("\n",text_js);
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	fputs("\n",text_js);
 	if((text_defaults_c=fopen("text_defaults.c","w"))==NULL) {
 		fprintf(stderr,"Can't open text_defaults.c!\n");
-		return(1);
+		return __LINE__;
 	}
 	fputs("/* Synchronet default text strings */\n",text_defaults_c);
 	fputs("\n",text_defaults_c);