diff --git a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_fetch.bash b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_fetch.bash
index 4a5c841..1f97c16 100644
--- a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_fetch.bash
+++ b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_fetch.bash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # docker-finance | modern accounting for the power-user
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2021-2025 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2026 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -871,7 +871,10 @@ function lib_fetch::__fetch_exec()
   #
 
   __DFI_PHP_DEPS__="${_deps}" __DFI_PHP_ROOT__="${_impl}" "${_exec[@]}" "${_impl}/fetch.php" "$_type" "$_subtype"
+  local -r _return=$?
+
   IFS="$_ifs"
+  return $_return
 }
 
 # vim: sw=2 sts=2 si ai et