diff --git a/ast.c b/ast.c
index 38c95a4..919e0a6 100644
--- a/ast.c
+++ b/ast.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static GMQCC_NORETURN void _ast_node_destroy(ast_node *self)
 {
     (void)self;
     con_err("ast node missing destroy()\n");
-    abort();
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
 /* Initialize main ast node aprts */
diff --git a/fs.c b/fs.c
index e66e440..6ff0e81 100644
--- a/fs.c
+++ b/fs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     ) {
         wprintf(L"Invalid parameter dectected %s:%d %s [%s]\n", file, line, function, expression);
         wprintf(L"Aborting ...\n");
-        abort();
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
     static void file_init() {
diff --git a/ir.c b/ir.c
index 84455d5..772ad1b 100644
--- a/ir.c
+++ b/ir.c
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ void ir_phi_add(ir_instr* self, ir_block *b, ir_value *v)
          * is doing something wrong.
          */
         irerror(self->context, "Invalid entry block for PHI");
-        abort();
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
     pe.value = v;
diff --git a/test.c b/test.c
index 631f5e3..2310633 100644
--- a/test.c
+++ b/test.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ bool task_template_generate(task_template_t *tmpl, char tag, const char *file, s
     if (strchr(value, '\n'))
         *strrchr(value, '\n')='\0';
     else /* cppcheck: possible nullpointer dereference */
-        abort();
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 
     /*
      * Now allocate and set the actual value for the specific tag. Which
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ bool task_template_parse(const char *file, task_template_t *tmpl, FILE *fp, size
                 if (strrchr(value, '\n'))
                     *strrchr(value, '\n')='\0';
                 else /* cppcheck: possible null pointer dereference */
-                    abort();
+                    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 
                 vec_push(tmpl->comparematch, util_strdup(value));
 
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 004b69b..023eb5e 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void util_endianswap(void *_data, size_t length, unsigned int typesize) {
                 util_swap64((uint32_t*)_data, length>>3);
                 return;
 
-            default: abort(); /* please blow the fuck up! */
+            default: exit(EXIT_FAILURE); /* please blow the fuck up! */
         }
 #   endif
 #endif