diff --git a/sysmngr/files/etc/sysmngr/fwbank b/sysmngr/files/etc/sysmngr/fwbank
index 194a81efc..e45b2783c 100755
--- a/sysmngr/files/etc/sysmngr/fwbank
+++ b/sysmngr/files/etc/sysmngr/fwbank
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
 				# Fail if any of the above sanity checks fail.
 				[ ${ret} -eq 1 ] && {
-					echo '{}'
+					echo "{ \"result\": \"failure\" }"
 					exit 0
 				}