diff --git a/mission/acs/str/StarTrackerHandler.cpp b/mission/acs/str/StarTrackerHandler.cpp
index 41b45b76..520979a8 100644
--- a/mission/acs/str/StarTrackerHandler.cpp
+++ b/mission/acs/str/StarTrackerHandler.cpp
@@ -1705,6 +1705,9 @@ ReturnValue_t StarTrackerHandler::prepareParamCommand(const uint8_t* commandData
   }
   if(reinitSet) {
     result = paramSet.init(paramJsonFile);
+    if(result != returnvalue::OK) {
+      return result;
+    }
   }
 
   result = paramSet.create(commandBuffer);