1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ot_fullscrape.c b/src/ot_fullscrape.c
index 787b508..bbceb0b 100644
--- a/src/ot_fullscrape.c
+++ b/src/ot_fullscrape.c
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ static void *fullscrape_worker(void *args) {
 
 static pthread_t thread_id;
 void fullscrape_init(void) {
-  pthread_create( &thread_id, NULL, fullscrape_worker, NULL );
+  if (pthread_create(&thread_id, NULL, fullscrape_worker, NULL))
+    exerr("Cannot create fullscrape worker thread.");
 }
 
 void fullscrape_deinit(void) {