2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/jobs.c b/src/jobs.c
index cb5fe3b..043dac0 100644
--- a/src/jobs.c
+++ b/src/jobs.c
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ static int job_read_cache(struct job *job)
 			i++;
 	}
 
+	ret = 0;
+
 out_free_line:
 	free(line);
 	fclose(nix_build_stream);
@@ -395,6 +397,8 @@ int job_read(FILE *stream, struct job **job)
 			goto out_free;
 	}
 
+	ret = JOB_READ_SUCCESS;
+
 out_free:
 	cJSON_Delete(root);
 	if (ret != JOB_READ_SUCCESS)
@@ -522,7 +526,6 @@ int jobs_init(FILE **stream, char *expr)
 {
 	size_t argindex;
 	char *args[4];
-	int ret;
 
 	argindex = 0;
 	args[argindex++] = XSTR(NIX_EVAL_JOBS_PATH);
@@ -532,9 +535,7 @@ int jobs_init(FILE **stream, char *expr)
 	args[argindex++] = NULL;
 
 	/* the package is wrapProgram-ed with nix-eval-jobs  */
-	ret = vpopen(stream, XSTR(NIX_EVAL_JOBS_PATH), args, VPOPEN_STDOUT);
-
-	return ret;
+	return vpopen(stream, XSTR(NIX_EVAL_JOBS_PATH), args, VPOPEN_STDOUT);
 }
 
 void job_stale_set(struct job *job)
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 2a81670..8ffbb71 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int vpopen(FILE **stream, const char *file, char *const argv[], vpopen_t type)
 			return -errno;
 		}
 
-		return 0;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	close(fd[0]);