diff --git a/metis_dark_uvda.pro b/metis_dark_uvda.pro
index 21d72510f9a22f984d41afb2810aefcd54930044..436282c5107d35bbdb84bc43d373376ed24e1b75 100644
--- a/metis_dark_uvda.pro
+++ b/metis_dark_uvda.pro
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ function metis_dark_uvda, data, header, cal_pack, error = error, quality_matrix
 
 	; if not, exit with error code
 	if ~ isa(obt_available) then begin
-		journal, 'Error 12: UV applicable dark file not found.'
+		journal, 'Error 02: UV applicable dark file not found.'
 		journal
-		exit, status = 12
+		exit, status = 2
 	endif
 
 	; if yes, chose the temporally closest
diff --git a/metis_l2_prep_uv.pro b/metis_l2_prep_uv.pro
index 9711899a37fdc2c3cb3d64d8727570aa3e7685f7..8be8bfa122b051b003a13c0d68d82f4907a168fd 100644
--- a/metis_l2_prep_uv.pro
+++ b/metis_l2_prep_uv.pro
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ pro metis_l2_prep_uv
 	end
 
 	else : begin
-		journal, 'Error 11: wrong input data product (expected data types 1, 4, or 6).'
+		journal, 'Error 01: wrong input data product (expected data types 1, 4, or 6).'
 		journal
-		exit, status = 11
+		exit, status = 1
 	end
 	endcase