diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 11c1e938d8e9cec07bd05de5c3e9a097b7370f77..fecac877ff26a91d884837296ca9a0c3aacc52f6 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func sessionInitialization() *id.User {
 			} else {
 				//Fail if any other error is received
 				globals.Log.ERROR.Printf("Error with file path: %s\n", err1.Error())
+				return id.ZeroID
 			}
 		}