diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e71e79f..625b226 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .*
 !/.gitignore
 /vendor/
+/node_modules/
 composer.lock
 *.log
 !**.gitkeep
diff --git a/bin/helpers/generate-js-tld-enum.js b/bin/helpers/generate-js-tld-enum.js
index 5d52554..f62717e 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/generate-js-tld-enum.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/generate-js-tld-enum.js
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 
 console.log("generates the 'tld-enum.js' node source file from the 'tlds.csv' csv file");
 console.log("---this script is currently a 'to-do' placeholder!---");
-console.error("terminating... the development for the 'JSON' format generator has not yet been completed");
\ No newline at end of file
+console.error("terminating... the development for the 'JSON' format generator has not yet been completed");
+
+process.exit(1);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/helpers/generate-json-tld-enum.js b/bin/helpers/generate-json-tld-enum.js
index 8789afd..9512af4 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/generate-json-tld-enum.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/generate-json-tld-enum.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
+
 console.log("generates the 'tld-list.json' JSON array file from the 'tlds.csv' csv file");
 console.log("---this script is currently a 'to-do' placeholder!---");
-console.error("terminating... the development for the 'JSON' format generator has not yet been completed");
\ No newline at end of file
+console.error("terminating... the development for the 'JSON' format generator has not yet been completed");
+
+process.exit(1);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/helpers/generate-tlds-csv.js b/bin/helpers/generate-tlds-csv.js
index 4f385af..0426e7d 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/generate-tlds-csv.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/generate-tlds-csv.js
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
+console.log("generates the canonical 'tlds.csv' csv file");
 console.log("downloads the 'http://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt' file and cross references it with https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db to re-generate the 'tlds.csv' csv file");
+
 console.log("---this script is currently a 'to-do' placeholder!---");
-console.error("terminating... the development for the 'JSON' format generator has not yet been completed");
\ No newline at end of file
+console.error("terminating... the development for the canonical 'tlds.csv' generator has not yet been completed");
+
+process.exit(1);
\ No newline at end of file