Index: trunk/ippTools/src/detselect.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/detselect.c	(revision 11713)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/detselect.c	(revision 11856)
@@ -42,4 +42,8 @@
 
     pxConfig *config = detselectConfig(NULL, argc, argv);
+    if (!config) {
+        psError(PXTOOLS_ERR_CONFIG, false, "failed to configure");
+        goto FAIL;
+    }
 
     switch (config->mode) {
@@ -57,10 +61,12 @@
 
 FAIL:
+    psErrorStackPrint(stderr, "\n");
+    int exit_status = pxerrorGetExitStatus();
+
     psFree(config);
     pmConfigDone();
-    psErrorStackPrint(stderr, "\n");
     psLibFinalize();
 
-    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    exit(exit_status);
 }