diff --git a/src/_bitcoin-cli b/src/_bitcoin-cli
index 5af2eff..00096e6 100644
--- a/src/_bitcoin-cli
+++ b/src/_bitcoin-cli
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 _bitcoin-cli() {
   local context state line curcontext="$curcontext"
+  local ret=1
 
   _arguments -C \
     -?'[This help message]' \