diff --git a/deployment/proxmox/provision.sh b/deployment/proxmox/provision.sh
index 2930d30..9ad2cd4 100755
--- a/deployment/proxmox/provision.sh
+++ b/deployment/proxmox/provision.sh
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ install_vm () (
     case $status in
       running) sleep 1 ;;
       stopped) break ;;
-      *) printf " unexpected status: '%s'\n" "$status"; exit 2 ;;
+      *) die " unexpected status: '%s'\n" "$status" ;;
     esac
   done