diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8e8f9f8..f28bc00 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ios-sim",
-  "version": "5.1.0",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "preferGlobal": "true",
   "description": "launch iOS apps into the iOS Simulator from the command line (Xcode 7.0+)",
   "main": "ios-sim.js",
diff --git a/spec/lib.spec.js b/spec/lib.spec.js
index 3b4ba2f..7fa0e88 100644
--- a/spec/lib.spec.js
+++ b/spec/lib.spec.js
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ describe('lib end-to-end', function() {
         });
     })
 
-    // it('', function(done) {
-    // });
+    it('init should not process.exit when called as a lib', function() {
+        var code = lib.init();
+        expect(!isNaN(code)).toBe(true);
+    });
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index f648dc6..206ce2f 100644
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ var nopt;
 function init() {
     try {
         nopt = require('nopt');
-        command_lib.init();
+        var code = command_lib.init();
+        if (code !== 0) {
+            process.exit(code);
+        }
     } catch (e) {
         console.error(
             'Please run npm install from this directory:\n\t' +
diff --git a/src/commands.js b/src/commands.js
index 4c21991..4869ed2 100644
--- a/src/commands.js
+++ b/src/commands.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var path = require('path'),
 var command_lib = {
 
     init: function() {
-        lib.init();
+        return lib.init();
     },
 
     //jscs:disable disallowUnusedParams
diff --git a/src/lib.js b/src/lib.js
index b86665a..1063851 100644
--- a/src/lib.js
+++ b/src/lib.js
@@ -274,12 +274,13 @@ var lib = {
         var output = simctl.check_prerequisites();
         if (output.code !== 0) {
             console.error(output.output);
-            process.exit(2);
         }
 
         if (!bplist) {
             bplist = require('bplist-parser');
         }
+
+        return output.code;
     },
 
     //jscs:disable disallowUnusedParams