diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/releng/manual_isojigdo b/libisoburn/trunk/releng/manual_isojigdo
index 13ffb09e..559fb8e4 100755
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/releng/manual_isojigdo
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/releng/manual_isojigdo
@@ -205,16 +205,22 @@ JIGDO_MAP="Debian=${JIGDO_MAP_RHV}/"
 
 # create jigdo MD5 list in base64 format
 JIGDO_GEN_MD5=${GEN_DATA_DIR}/${RELENG_IMG}.md5
-if which jigdo-gen-md5-list >/dev/null 2>&1; then
- printf "${SELF}: Creating MD5 list in hex format in ${JIGDO_GEN_MD5}..."
- jigdo-gen-md5-list ${RELENG_DIR} > ${JIGDO_GEN_MD5}
- printf "Done.\n"
+
+printf "${SELF}: Creating MD5 list in hex format in ${JIGDO_GEN_MD5}..."
+set +e
+./jigdo-gen-md5-list ${RELENG_DIR} > ${JIGDO_GEN_MD5}
+ret=$?
+set -e
+
+if test "$ret" = 0
+then
+  printf "Done.\n"
 else
- printf "\n${SELF}: Not found: jigdo-gen-md5-list. Install jigit >= 1.18."
- printf "\n${SELF}: http://www.einval.com/~steve/software/JTE/\n"
- cleanup
- exit 9
+  printf "\nFAIL : ${SELF}: ./jigdo-gen-md5-list returns $ret"
+  cleanup
+  exit 9
 fi
+ 
 
 CMD="$CMD \
  -jigdo-template-compress gzip \