diff --git a/findNext.go b/findNext.go
index 2990072..304291d 100644
--- a/findNext.go
+++ b/findNext.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func findNext() bool {
 			// don't check godepsNew, but check to make sure go mod tidy actually ran without error
 			os.Unsetenv("GO111MODULE")
 			cmd := []string{"go", "mod", "tidy"}
-			_, err := check.RunVerbose(cmd)
+			err := check.RunVerbose(cmd)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Info("go mod tidy failed. this go package needs to be examined by hand as it doesn't appear to be primitive")
 				os.Exit(-1)