diff --git a/share/tools/webupdate b/share/tools/webupdate
index 77fc7da69b..dcb87fc21f 100755
--- a/share/tools/webupdate
+++ b/share/tools/webupdate
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -e "${PINDEX_OVERRIDE}" ]; then
 	[ -e ${PORTSDIR}/INDEX-${INDEXNUM} ] && rm -f ${PORTSDIR}/INDEX-${INDEXNUM}
-	make -C ${PORTSDIR} fetchindex
+	make -C ${PORTSDIR} fetchindex >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 || exit 2
 fi
 
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