diff --git a/emper/Common.cpp b/emper/Common.cpp
index ec820e3f98df3c22d9d3058dae18169cace78009..f2670a31a1f42349f4d2ddc08f23ad418239a19b 100644
--- a/emper/Common.cpp
+++ b/emper/Common.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
-// Copyright © 2020 Florian Schmaus
+// Copyright © 2020-2021 Florian Schmaus
 #include "Common.hpp"
 
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ void die(const char* message, bool usePerror) {
 	} else {
 		std::cerr << message << std::endl;
 	}
-	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+
+	abort();
 }