--- a/bin/pvl.hosts-forward	Thu Feb 26 15:23:00 2015 +0200
+++ b/bin/pvl.hosts-forward	Thu Feb 26 15:25:09 2015 +0200
@@ -31,9 +31,13 @@
     hosts = pvl.hosts.apply(options, args)
 
     # process
-    for rr in pvl.hosts.zone.apply_hosts_forward(options, hosts, options.forward_zone):
-        print unicode(rr)
-    
+    try:
+        for rr in pvl.hosts.zone.apply_hosts_forward(options, hosts, options.forward_zone):
+            print unicode(rr)
+    except pvl.hosts.HostError as error:
+        log.error("%s", error)
+        return 3
+
     return 0
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':