diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index e705d1e..7e65624 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -19,10 +19,15 @@
  * \section exit Exit codes
  *
  * 0  Okay	No attack found, claims encountered
+ *
  * 1  Error	Something went wrong (error) E.g. switch error, or scenario ran out.
+ *
  * 2  Okay	No attack found (because) no claims encountered
+ *
  * 3  Okay	Attack found
  *
+ * However, if the --scenario=-1 switch is used, the exit code is used to return the number of scenarios.
+ *
  * \section coding Coding conventions
  *
  * Usually, each source file except main.c has an myfileInit() and myfileDone() function
@@ -462,6 +467,12 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   if (sys->latex)
     latexDone (sys);
 
+  /* transfer any scenario counting to the exit code */
+  if (sys->switchScenario < 0)
+    {
+      exitcode = sys->countScenario;
+    }
+
   /*
    * Now we clean up any memory that was allocated.
    */