diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a75b871..d4464a4 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ function heartbeat() {
   // sends out pings plus a conservative assumption of the latency.
     pingTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
     client.terminate();
+    process.exit(1);
   }, 10000 + 1000);
 }
 console.log('Sevice connected to wsServer: ' + config.urlHO);