diff --git a/le-renew b/le-renew
index 863f404..e43a6f5 100755
--- a/le-renew
+++ b/le-renew
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ main() {
 			le_args+=( '-d' "$d" )
 		done
 
-		if ! le "${le_args[@]}"; then
+		le "${le_args[@]}"
+
+		if (( $? )); then
 			> "$cfg_dir/domains/$certname/renew.fail"
 		fi
 	fi