diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
index aef8815955e..40b676149a2 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package io.swagger.codegen;
 
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.capitalize;
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isNotEmpty;
+
 import com.samskivert.mustache.Mustache;
 import com.samskivert.mustache.Template;
-
+import io.swagger.codegen.languages.CodeGenStatus;
 import io.swagger.models.ComposedModel;
 import io.swagger.models.Contact;
 import io.swagger.models.Info;
@@ -15,7 +18,6 @@ import io.swagger.models.auth.OAuth2Definition;
 import io.swagger.models.auth.SecuritySchemeDefinition;
 import io.swagger.models.parameters.Parameter;
 import io.swagger.util.Json;
-
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 
@@ -36,14 +38,13 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.capitalize;
-import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isNotEmpty;
-
 public class DefaultGenerator extends AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
     protected CodegenConfig config;
     protected ClientOptInput opts = null;
     protected Swagger swagger = null;
 
+    public CodeGenStatus status = CodeGenStatus.UNRUN;
+
     public Generator opts(ClientOptInput opts) {
         this.opts = opts;
 
@@ -315,8 +316,10 @@ public class DefaultGenerator extends AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
             }
 
             config.processSwagger(swagger);
+
+            status = CodeGenStatus.SUCCESSFUL;
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            status = CodeGenStatus.FAILED;
         }
         return files;
     }
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/CodeGenStatus.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/CodeGenStatus.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa22958517f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/CodeGenStatus.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package io.swagger.codegen.languages;
+
+public enum CodeGenStatus {
+    UNRUN, SUCCESSFUL, FAILED
+}