diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index 112bd259..1c19c53b 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ===== 3.1.32 - dev ===
+17.03.2018
+ - improvement Smarty::compileAllTemplates() exit with a non-zero status code if max errors is reached https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/402
+
 16.03.2018
  - bugfix extends resource did not work with user defined left/right delimiter https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/419
 
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index c9b2bb66..c52c486e 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
     /**
      * smarty version
      */
-    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.32-dev-39';
+    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.32-dev-40';
     /**
      * define variable scopes
      */
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_method_compilealltemplates.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_method_compilealltemplates.php
index 99b9df46..64912599 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_method_compilealltemplates.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_method_compilealltemplates.php
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Method_CompileAllTemplates
                 $_smarty->_clearTemplateCache();
                 if ($max_errors !== null && $_error_count === $max_errors) {
                     echo "\n<br><br>too many errors\n";
-                    exit();
+                    exit(1);
                 }
             }
         }