diff --git a/src/aiida_core_i18n/bookkeeping.py b/src/aiida_core_i18n/bookkeeping.py
index 5f5f91b24..5c572990e 100644
--- a/src/aiida_core_i18n/bookkeeping.py
+++ b/src/aiida_core_i18n/bookkeeping.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def rec(inp_strs: list[str], lang: str, output_folder: pathlib.Path):
 
     if len(files) < 2:
         print("No enough files to compare, exit")
-        exit(1)
+        exit(0)
 
     # compare the two files if the same remove the one with the latest date
     with open(files[0], "r") as fh0, open(files[1], "r") as fh1: