diff --git a/slc/trunk/src/options.cc b/slc/trunk/src/options.cc
index e2fec854f644e3f9bfd3fb12fdd0a4fabe2a2b8c..4d06f62df6850065a780db70bd106127f267792d 100644
--- a/slc/trunk/src/options.cc
+++ b/slc/trunk/src/options.cc
@@ -64,11 +64,10 @@ Options &Options::load(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     switch (option) {
     case 'h':
       usage(*argv, std::cout);
-      break;
+      exit(ERR_NO);
     case 'V':
       std::cout << "Version: " << VERSION << std::endl;
       exit(ERR_NO);
-      break;
     case 'l':
       printf("login %s\n", optarg);
       login = optarg;