diff --git a/.local/bin/cron/cronbat b/.local/bin/cron/cronbat
index bd953c7a..f677138a 100755
--- a/.local/bin/cron/cronbat
+++ b/.local/bin/cron/cronbat
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Notify me with notify-send if my battery is below 25%.
 # You can set this to run via cron.
 
-[ "$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status)" = "Charging" ] && exit
+[ "$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status)" = "Charging" ] && exit 0
 [ "$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity)" -lt 25 ] &&
 export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/$(id -u $USER)/bus &&
 notify-send -u critical "Battery critically low."
diff --git a/.local/bin/cron/newsup b/.local/bin/cron/newsup
index 29f2b3c9..3916dfba 100755
--- a/.local/bin/cron/newsup
+++ b/.local/bin/cron/newsup
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # Set as a cron job to check for new RSS entries for newsboat.
 # If newsboat is open, sends it an "R" key to refresh.
 
-ping -q -c 1 example.org > /dev/null || exit
+ping -q -c 1 example.org > /dev/null || exit 1
 
 /usr/bin/notify-send "📰 Updating RSS feeds..."
 
-pgrep -f newsboat$ && /usr/bin/xdotool key --window "$(/usr/bin/xdotool search --name newsboat)" R && exit
+pgrep -f newsboat$ && /usr/bin/xdotool key --window "$(/usr/bin/xdotool search --name newsboat)" R && exit 0
 
 echo 🔃 > /tmp/newsupdate
 pkill -RTMIN+6 "${STATUSBAR:-dwmblocks}"
diff --git a/.local/bin/podentr b/.local/bin/podentr
index 9454b07f..a4c4d48a 100755
--- a/.local/bin/podentr
+++ b/.local/bin/podentr
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 # entr command to run `queueandnotify` when newsboat queue is changed
 
-[ "$(pgrep -x "$(basename "$0")" | wc -l)" -gt 2 ] && exit
+[ "$(pgrep -x "$(basename "$0")" | wc -l)" -gt 2 ] && exit 1
 
 echo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/newsboat/queue | entr -p queueandnotify 2>/dev/null