diff --git a/tasks/prelim.yml b/tasks/prelim.yml
index 13afd85..5bb81f0 100644
--- a/tasks/prelim.yml
+++ b/tasks/prelim.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 - name: "PRELIM | Gather accounts with empty password fields"
   ansible.builtin.shell: "cat /etc/shadow | awk -F: '($2 == \"\" ) {j++;print $1; } END {exit j}'"
   changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
   check_mode: false
   register: empty_password_accounts
   tags: