1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/filter.c b/src/filter.c
index d70cb59..b9b5066 100644
--- a/src/filter.c
+++ b/src/filter.c
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ void filter_init (void)
 
         fd = fopen (config->filter, "r");
         if (!fd) {
-                return;
+                perror ("filter file");
+                exit (EX_DATAERR);
         }
 
         cflags = REG_NEWLINE | REG_NOSUB;