diff --git a/scripts/HDF5/build_all_variants b/scripts/HDF5/build_all_variants
index 262f179..88d48a6 100755
--- a/scripts/HDF5/build_all_variants
+++ b/scripts/HDF5/build_all_variants
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ for cc in "${COMPILER_VERSIONS[@]}"; do
 				echo "        compile: $cc"
 				echo "        mpi:     $mpi"
 				echo "        hdf5:    $hdf5"
+				exit 1
 			}
 		done
 	done