diff --git a/client/app_control.cpp b/client/app_control.cpp
index e9aa5d76ff..4d0faa0a61 100644
--- a/client/app_control.cpp
+++ b/client/app_control.cpp
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static void kill_app_process(int pid, bool) {
     if (retval && log_flags.task_debug) {
         msg_printf(0, MSG_INFO,
             "[task] kill_via_switcher() failed: %s",
-            boincerror(retval)
+            (retval==-1) ? strerror(errno) : boincerror(retval)
         );
     }
 #endif
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static void kill_app_process(int pid, bool) {
     if (retval && log_flags.task_debug) {
         msg_printf(0, MSG_INFO,
             "[task] kill() failed: %s",
-            boincerror(retval)
+            (retval==-1) ? strerror(errno) : boincerror(retval)
         );
     }
 }
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ int ACTIVE_TASK::kill_running_task(bool will_restart) {
 int ACTIVE_TASK::kill_exited_task() {
     kill_processes(other_pids, true);
     kill_processes(descendants, true);
+    return 0;
 }
 
 // We have sent a quit request to the process; see if it's exited.
diff --git a/client/sandbox.cpp b/client/sandbox.cpp
index ff6ff93a23..776726eca8 100644
--- a/client/sandbox.cpp
+++ b/client/sandbox.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ int set_to_project_group(const char* path) {
 int switcher_exec(const char *util_filename, const char* cmdline) {
     char* argv[100];
     char util_path[MAXPATHLEN];
+    int stat;
 
     sprintf(util_path, "%s/%s", SWITCHER_DIR, util_filename);
     argv[0] = const_cast<char*>(util_filename);
@@ -111,7 +112,12 @@ int switcher_exec(const char *util_filename, const char* cmdline) {
         return ERR_EXEC;
     }
     // Wait for command to complete, like system() does.
-    waitpid(pid, 0, 0); 
+    waitpid(pid, &stat, 0);
+    
+    if (WIFEXITED(stat)) {
+        return WEXITSTATUS(stat);
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/client/switcher.cpp b/client/switcher.cpp
index 7bc1aa84f0..3200ed62dc 100644
--- a/client/switcher.cpp
+++ b/client/switcher.cpp
@@ -130,9 +130,13 @@ int main(int /*argc*/, char** argv) {
 #endif
     }
 
-    execv(argv[1], argv+2);
+    retval = execv(argv[1], argv+2);
+    if (retval == -1) {
+        retval = errno;
 
-    // If we got here execv failed
-    fprintf(stderr, "Process creation (%s) failed: errno=%d\n", argv[1], errno);
+        // If we got here execv failed
+        fprintf(stderr, "Process creation (%s) failed: %s (errno = %d)\n", argv[1], strerror(retval), retval);
+    }
 
+    return retval;
 }