diff --git a/scripts/filter-vnu.sh b/scripts/filter-vnu.sh
index 53ab989..f7a873d 100644
--- a/scripts/filter-vnu.sh
+++ b/scripts/filter-vnu.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # filters the Nu HTML Validator's JSON output. Operates on stdin.
+# no pipefail here since there are no pipes.
 set -e -u
 
 root_dir="$(dirname "$0")/.."
 vnu_output="$(jaq --from-file "$root_dir/linter-configs/vnu_filter.jq")"
 if [ "$vnu_output" = '' ]; then
 	echo "All markup is valid"
-else
-	echo "Markup errors found!" 1>&2
-	echo "$vnu_output"
-	exit 1
+	exit 0
 fi
+echo "Markup errors found!" 1>&2
+echo "$vnu_output"
+exit 1