diff --git a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
index 3f8344876..85d200105 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ import (
 
 func RunCGREngine(fs []string) (err error) {
 	flags := services.NewCGREngineFlags()
-	if err = flags.Parse(fs); err != nil {
-		return
-	}
+	flags.Parse(fs)
 	var vers string
 	if vers, err = utils.GetCGRVersion(); err != nil {
 		return
diff --git a/services/libcgr-engine.go b/services/libcgr-engine.go
index 86b46229f..f56e90547 100644
--- a/services/libcgr-engine.go
+++ b/services/libcgr-engine.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func NewCGREngineFlags() *CGREngineFlags {
-	fs := flag.NewFlagSet(utils.CgrEngine, flag.ContinueOnError)
+	fs := flag.NewFlagSet(utils.CgrEngine, flag.ExitOnError)
 	return &CGREngineFlags{
 		FlagSet:           fs,
 		CfgPath:           fs.String(utils.CfgPathCgr, utils.ConfigPath, "Configuration directory path."),