diff --git a/dspace/CHANGES b/dspace/CHANGES
index 48d064de03..c9b21eea2d 100644
--- a/dspace/CHANGES
+++ b/dspace/CHANGES
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 - SF Patch #1641678 [dspace]/bin scripts for import and export
 - SF Patch #1642336 Restrict domains of self-registered users
 
+(Monika Mevenkamp)
+- SF Patch #1654469 stat scripts always return exit code 1
+
 (K. Nakagami)
 - SF Patch #1591969 for SF bug #1583372 DCDate.toString returns invalid string
 - SF Patch #1621889 for SF Bug #1606789 When collection is deleted, mapped item remains in community
diff --git a/dspace/bin/stat-general b/dspace/bin/stat-general
index c7d334bb4c..1cc15cc559 100644
--- a/dspace/bin/stat-general
+++ b/dspace/bin/stat-general
@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@ $out_directory = "/dspace/log/";
 
 $general = "$dsrun org.dspace.app.statistics.LogAnalyser -out $out_directory$out_prefix$this_year-$this_month-$day$out_suffix";
 
-system($general);
+$status = system($general);
 
-exit(1);
\ No newline at end of file
+exit($status);
diff --git a/dspace/bin/stat-monthly b/dspace/bin/stat-monthly
index 3958c8c5ec..bb77f9ba59 100644
--- a/dspace/bin/stat-monthly
+++ b/dspace/bin/stat-monthly
@@ -120,6 +120,6 @@ $out = $out_directory . $out_prefix . $this_year . "-" . $this_month . $out_suff
 # The command to generate the report
 $execute = "$dsrun org.dspace.app.statistics.LogAnalyser -start $start -end $end -out $out";
 
-system($execute);
+$status = system($general);
 
-exit(1);
\ No newline at end of file
+exit($status);
diff --git a/dspace/bin/stat-report-general b/dspace/bin/stat-report-general
index 6fb8780ef2..72b0075c5d 100644
--- a/dspace/bin/stat-report-general
+++ b/dspace/bin/stat-report-general
@@ -88,6 +88,6 @@ $out = $out_directory . $out_prefix . $this_year . "-" . $this_month . "-" . $da
 
 $general = "$dsrun org.dspace.app.statistics.ReportGenerator -format html -in $in -out $out";
 
-system($general);
+$status = system($general);
 
-exit(1);
\ No newline at end of file
+exit($status);
diff --git a/dspace/bin/stat-report-monthly b/dspace/bin/stat-report-monthly
index 570a0820ec..8f69cf9ada 100644
--- a/dspace/bin/stat-report-monthly
+++ b/dspace/bin/stat-report-monthly
@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@ $out = $out_directory . $out_prefix . $this_year . "-" . $this_month . $out_suff
 # The command to generate the report
 $execute = "$dsrun org.dspace.app.statistics.ReportGenerator -format html -in $in -out $out";
 
-system($execute);
+$status = system($general);
 
-exit(1);
\ No newline at end of file
+exit($status);