diff --git a/check-certificates.rsc b/check-certificates.rsc
index f54d3259..fd9d31a7 100644
--- a/check-certificates.rsc
+++ b/check-certificates.rsc
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 # check for certificate validity
 # https://rsc.eworm.de/doc/check-certificates.md
 
-:local ExitOK false;
 :onerror Err {
   :global GlobalConfigReady; :global GlobalFunctionsReady;
   :retry { :if ($GlobalConfigReady != true || $GlobalFunctionsReady != true) \
@@ -149,8 +148,7 @@
   }
 
   :if ([ $ScriptLock $ScriptName ] = false) do={
-    :set ExitOK true;
-    :error false;
+    :exit;
   }
   $WaitFullyConnected;
 
@@ -249,5 +247,5 @@
     }
   }
 } do={
-  :global ExitError; $ExitError $ExitOK [ :jobname ] $Err;
+  :global ExitError; $ExitError false [ :jobname ] $Err;
 }