diff -r 83e9bff09a0b -r b95ad8c8bb4e bin/pvl.hosts-forward
--- a/bin/pvl.hosts-forward	Sun Mar 01 22:39:05 2015 +0200
+++ b/bin/pvl.hosts-forward	Sun Mar 01 23:16:18 2015 +0200
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@
 
         log.info("using given hostpath for zone origin: %s", origin)
 
+    elif args:
+        log.fatal("--zone-origin is required if passing multiple hostfiles")
+        return 1
+
     else:
-        log.fatal("--zone-origin is required if passing multiple hostfiles")
+        log.fatal("no hosts given as input")
         return 1
     
     hosts = pvl.hosts.apply(options, args)