diff --git a/src/hbal.hs b/src/hbal.hs
index 070c1666742e385e7226100b48dd6703680c08d7..5e5c00a2785b6495e27464d70c82dea4b18129f1 100644
--- a/src/hbal.hs
+++ b/src/hbal.hs
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ main = do
              (length bad_nodes) (length bad_instances)
 
   when (length bad_nodes > 0) $ do
-         putStrLn "Cluster is not N+1 happy, please fix N+1 first. Exiting."
-         exitWith $ ExitFailure 1
+         putStrLn "Cluster is not N+1 happy, continuing but no guarantee that cluster will end N+1 happy."
 
   when (optShowNodes opts) $
        do