diff --git a/murmur/files/murmur.init b/murmur/files/murmur.init
index 2b6622e..f0267fa 100644
--- a/murmur/files/murmur.init
+++ b/murmur/files/murmur.init
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
 	status)
 	status $PROG
+	RETVAL=$?
 	;;
 
 	restart|reload|condrestart)