diff --git a/bootstrap.bat b/bootstrap.bat
index 25da169ab..cedf51193 100755
--- a/bootstrap.bat
+++ b/bootstrap.bat
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ echo ... Compiling Ant Classes
 
 "%JAVAC%" %BOOTJAVAC_OPTS% -d %CLASSDIR% %TOOLS%\bzip2\*.java %TOOLS%\tar\*.java %TOOLS%\zip\*.java %TOOLS%\ant\*.java %TOOLS%\ant\types\*.java %TOOLS%\ant\taskdefs\*.java %TOOLS%\ant\util\regexp\RegexpMatcher.java %TOOLS%\ant\util\regexp\RegexpMatcherFactory.java %TOOLS%\ant\taskdefs\condition\*.java %TOOLS%\ant\taskdefs\compilers\*.java 
 
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto mainend
+
 echo.
 echo ... Copying Required Files