diff --git a/setup/so-whiptail b/setup/so-whiptail
index 06a1afec1..35c9f53ab 100755
--- a/setup/so-whiptail
+++ b/setup/so-whiptail
@@ -1086,6 +1086,10 @@ whiptail_net_method() {
 	local option_count=$(( ${#options[@]} / 2 ))
 
 	network_traffic=$(whiptail --title "Security Onion Setup" --menu "$msg" $height 75 $option_count "${options[@]}" 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
+
+	local exitstatus=$?
+	whiptail_check_exitstatus $exitstatus
+	
 	network_traffic=$(echo "${network_traffic^^}" | tr -d ' ' | tr '+' '_')
 }