diff --git a/cui/main.cpp b/cui/main.cpp
index b3c55be0fc75e7f85e7b1879275159298017a9d6..1fb80a1550e5facc93c91001c0a7db9921c4a59e 100644
--- a/cui/main.cpp
+++ b/cui/main.cpp
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ void cmdBackupSys() {
 	} else {
 		cout << "backup successful, snapshot: " << snapID << endl;
 	}
+	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 
 void cmdBackupData() {