diff --git a/Translate/Translate/Executor.cs b/Translate/Translate/Executor.cs
index fa53ab0..37282a7 100644
--- a/Translate/Translate/Executor.cs
+++ b/Translate/Translate/Executor.cs
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ namespace Translate
       /// <summary>
       /// This is essentially the starting point where we bootstrap the legacy entry point 
       /// </summary>
-      public void Execute()
-      {  _mainService.RunService(_commandArgs.GetArgs(), _configuration);
+      public int  Execute()
+      {  
+        return _mainService.RunService(_commandArgs.GetArgs(), _configuration);
       }
   }
 }
diff --git a/Translate/Translate/Interface/IMainService.cs b/Translate/Translate/Interface/IMainService.cs
index a54e1c3..e9e3a37 100644
--- a/Translate/Translate/Interface/IMainService.cs
+++ b/Translate/Translate/Interface/IMainService.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ namespace Translate.Interface
 {
   public interface IMainService
   {
-    public void RunService(String[] args,IConfiguration configuration);
+    public int RunService(String[] args,IConfiguration configuration);
   }
 }
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diff --git a/Translate/Translate/Program.cs b/Translate/Translate/Program.cs
index a4c86c4..ad5af5f 100644
--- a/Translate/Translate/Program.cs
+++ b/Translate/Translate/Program.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Translate
 {
   class Program
   {
-      static void Main(string[] args)
+      static int Main(string[] args)
       {
         IConfigurationBuilder builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
         .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: true, reloadOnChange: true);
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Translate
         services.AddSingleton<IConfigurationRoot>(configurationRoot);
         services.AddSingleton<IMainService,MainService>();
         services.AddSingleton<Executor,Executor>();
-        services.BuildServiceProvider().GetService<Executor>().Execute();
+        return services.BuildServiceProvider().GetService<Executor>().Execute();
       }
 
   }
diff --git a/Translate/Translate/Services/MainService.cs b/Translate/Translate/Services/MainService.cs
index f5bab9d..114c125 100644
--- a/Translate/Translate/Services/MainService.cs
+++ b/Translate/Translate/Services/MainService.cs
@@ -14,17 +14,18 @@ namespace Translate.Services
   /// </summary>
   public class MainService : IMainService
   {
-    public void RunService(String[] args,IConfiguration configuration)
+    public int RunService(String[] args,IConfiguration configuration)
     {
       Profiler profiler = new Profiler();
 
       try
       {
-        Translate(args, configuration);
+        return Translate(args, configuration);
       }
       catch(Exception exception)
       {
         Console.WriteLine($"{exception.ToString()}");
+        return 1;
       }
       finally
       {
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Translate.Services
       }
     }
 
-    private void Translate(String[] args,IConfiguration configuration)
+    private int Translate(String[] args,IConfiguration configuration)
     {
       bool includeInserts = true;
       bool useMaxLines = false;
@@ -45,14 +46,14 @@ namespace Translate.Services
       if(2!=args.Length)
       {
         Console.WriteLine("Incorrect number of arguments. ./translate input_file output_file");
-        return;
+        return 1;
       }
 
       Console.WriteLine($"Replacing {strTargetItem} with {strReplacementItem}");
 
       Console.WriteLine("Input: {0}, Output:{1}, correct Y/N?",args[0],args[1]);
       String response = Console.ReadLine();
-      if(!"YES".Equals(response,StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))return;
+      if(!"YES".Equals(response,StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))return 1;
 
       String pathInput = args[0];
       String pathOutput=args[1];
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Translate.Services
       if(!File.Exists(pathInput))
       {
         Console.WriteLine("Input file not found.");
-        return;
+        return 1;
       }
 
       if(File.Exists(pathOutput))
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ namespace Translate.Services
       streamWriter.Flush();
       streamWriter.Close();
       streamWriter.Dispose();
+      return 0;
    }
   }
 }
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diff --git a/Translate/translate.sh b/Translate/translate.sh
index fefc2ca..699a15d 100755
--- a/Translate/translate.sh
+++ b/Translate/translate.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 #date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
 cd /home/pi/ARM64/Translate/Translate/bin/Debug/net8.0
 ./translate /mnt/mariadb/backupdb.sql /mnt/mariadb/backupdb2.sql
-cd /mnt/mariadb
-./restoredb.sh
+exit_code=$?
+if [ $exit_code -eq 0 ]; then
+  cd /mnt/mariadb
+  ./restoredb.sh
+else
+  echo "translate.sh returned failure: $exit_code"
+fi
 #date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"