diff --git a/cmd/wmii.rc.rc b/cmd/wmii.rc.rc
index a5a0c37a..6f773d7f 100755
--- a/cmd/wmii.rc.rc
+++ b/cmd/wmii.rc.rc
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ fn wi_eventloop {
 		event = $1; shift
 		Event-$"event $*
 	} >[2]/dev/null </dev/null
+	true
 }
 
 fn Event-Key {
diff --git a/cmd/wmii.sh.sh b/cmd/wmii.sh.sh
index 062617bd..c457e03e 100755
--- a/cmd/wmii.sh.sh
+++ b/cmd/wmii.sh.sh
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ wi_eventloop() {
 		event=$1; shift
 		Event $event "$@"
 	done
+	true
 }
 
 action() {