diff --git a/src/define.sh b/src/define.sh
index 47be4999..35685a0c 100644
--- a/src/define.sh
+++ b/src/define.sh
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ getEditionID() {
     * ) return 1 ;;
   esac
 
-  edition=$(normalizeEditionID "$edition" "$id")
+  edition=$(normalizeEditionID "$edition" "$id") || return 1
 
   echo "$edition"
   return 0