diff --git a/scripts/lib/bashy-basics/_prereqs b/scripts/lib/bashy-basics/_prereqs
index a7406f9..26f5150 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/bashy-basics/_prereqs
+++ b/scripts/lib/bashy-basics/_prereqs
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ jqVersion="$(jq 2>/dev/null --version)" \
 
 if ! [[ ${jqVersion} =~ ^jq-1.[6-9]([.].*)$ ]]; then
     error-msg '`jq` must be version 1.6 or later.'
-    return 1
+    exit 1
 fi