diff --git a/src/windows-emulator/syscalls.cpp b/src/windows-emulator/syscalls.cpp
index 5602dcc2..bdc73726 100644
--- a/src/windows-emulator/syscalls.cpp
+++ b/src/windows-emulator/syscalls.cpp
@@ -2937,7 +2937,7 @@ namespace
 			response.write(ResponseAbort);
 		}
 
-		printf("Hard error: %X\n", static_cast<uint32_t>(error_status));
+		c.proc.exit_status = error_status;
 		c.proc.exception_rip = c.emu.read_instruction_pointer();
 		c.emu.stop();