diff --git a/earthdiagnostics/work_manager.py b/earthdiagnostics/work_manager.py
index 9192b58c07464a80afe8f3c1c1eb86f7a7e76cca..ad2727894cbfdc2c68c312a4c27efc0499c3f0cc 100644
--- a/earthdiagnostics/work_manager.py
+++ b/earthdiagnostics/work_manager.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class WorkManager(object):
             and not self.jobs[DiagnosticStatus.READY]
         ):
             Log.result("No diagnostics to run")
-            return True
+            return not self.had_errors
 
         start_time = datetime.datetime.now()
         Log.info("Starting to compute at {0}", start_time)