diff --git a/src/system.cpp b/src/system.cpp
index f327443d..1c6058e0 100644
--- a/src/system.cpp
+++ b/src/system.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int removeRecursively(const std::string& path) {
 		return fs::remove_all(fs::u8path(path));
 	}
 	catch (fs::filesystem_error& e) {
-		return false;
+		return 0;
 	}
 }