diff --git a/lib/load_gen/activities/add_email.js b/lib/load_gen/activities/add_email.js
index ba02e14aceeeeddfb922ea615498588ddfa38b26..d93575a4ce8a7849a3189f510fc7b527eff46951 100644
--- a/lib/load_gen/activities/add_email.js
+++ b/lib/load_gen/activities/add_email.js
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ exports.startFunc = function(cfg, cb) {
           } catch (e) {
             var err = 'failed to complete email addition for: ' + email + ' (' + token + '): ' + e.toString();
             winston.error(err);
-            process.exit(1);
             return cb(err);
           }