diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicGenerator.scala b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicGenerator.scala
index 2f0e9ad5ea6..a1b478b27da 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicGenerator.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicGenerator.scala
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ abstract class BasicGenerator extends CodegenConfig with PathUtil {
     })
 
     codegen.writeSupportingClasses(operationMap, allModels.toMap)
+    System.exit(1)
   }
 
   def extractApiOperations(apiListings: List[ApiListing], allModels: HashMap[String, Model] )(implicit basePath:String) = {