diff --git a/src/REMOTEDATA/CDAWEB.php b/src/REMOTEDATA/CDAWEB.php
index 93365f7..a029c5e 100644
--- a/src/REMOTEDATA/CDAWEB.php
+++ b/src/REMOTEDATA/CDAWEB.php
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ class CDAWEB extends RemoteDataCenterClass
 	   {
 			error_log("ERROR no response for : ".$ds." : ".$start." - ".$stop.PHP_EOL,3,err);
 			error_log($res->saveXML(),3,err);
-			exit();
+			$this->closeConnection();
+			return array();
 	   }
 	   
 	   $fileNames = $res->getElementsByTagName("Name");
--
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