diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8015ea9a1..31a618bb9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         "mqtt": "2.18.8",
         "multer": "1.4.2",
         "mustache": "4.0.1",
-        "node-red-admin": "^0.2.4",
+        "node-red-admin": "^0.2.5",
         "node-red-node-rbe": "^0.2.9",
         "node-red-node-sentiment": "^0.1.6",
         "node-red-node-tail": "^0.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/node-red/package.json b/packages/node_modules/node-red/package.json
index 7a1555abf..ac949a11f 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/node-red/package.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/node-red/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         "bcryptjs": "2.4.3",
         "express": "4.17.1",
         "fs-extra": "8.1.0",
-        "node-red-admin": "^0.2.4",
+        "node-red-admin": "^0.2.5",
         "node-red-node-rbe": "^0.2.9",
         "node-red-node-tail": "^0.1.0",
         "nopt": "4.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js b/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js
index db79294a4..0a7d8258d 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 
 if (process.argv[2] === 'admin') {
     try {
-        require("node-red-admin")(process.argv.slice(3))
+        require("node-red-admin")(process.argv.slice(3)).catch(err => {
+            process.exit(1);
+        })
     } catch(err) {
         console.log(err)
     }