lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm
index 49b558fdb2932f2be458e57c2489c8ec2ce2ca32..c5a01527d2b90043b51d24d6e1bc1aaf8e9a926e 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ 		$l->qerr("# updating $out");
 		up1($l, $out);
 		$l->qerr("# $out done");
 	};
-	$l->err($@) if $@;
+	$l->child_error(1 << 8, $@) if $@;
 }
 
 sub lei_up {