diff --git a/mxvipctl b/mxvipctl
index 09ae4ad..0939c0a 100755
--- a/mxvipctl
+++ b/mxvipctl
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ RUNDIR="/run/mariux"
 # expands *-pattern in pathnames to null if no matching files are found..
 shopt -s nullglob
 
-# exit on any error
-set -e
-
 function mxvip_start_one() {
    local vip=$1
    local -i i mip mfwd