diff --git a/mxraid/mxraid_assemble b/mxraid/mxraid_assemble
index 34855c4..ce064ae 100755
--- a/mxraid/mxraid_assemble
+++ b/mxraid/mxraid_assemble
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ sub create_mdadm_configs {
           my @args = ('mdadm', '-A', '/dev/md'.$dev_no, '-c', $conf_fn);
           push @args, split m/\s+/, $MDADM_ASSEMBLE_OPTIONS if $MDADM_ASSEMBLE_OPTIONS;
           warn printf "#  NOTE: $rlabel, running '%s'\n", join(' ', @args) if $VERBOSE >= 2;
-          system (@args) == 0 or die "# Error system @args failed: $?";
+          system (@args) == 0 or warn "# Error system @args failed: $?" if $VERBOSE >= 1;
         } else {
           printf "mdadm -A /dev/md%d -c %s\n", $dev_no, $conf_fn;
         }