diff --git a/func/main.sh b/func/main.sh
index 617637b88..de791b806 100644
--- a/func/main.sh
+++ b/func/main.sh
@@ -465,12 +465,12 @@ sync_cron_jobs() {
 is_user_format_valid() {
     if [ ${#1} -eq 1 ]; then
         if ! [[ "$1" =~ ^^[[:alnum:]]$ ]]; then
-            echo "invalid $2 format :: $1"
+            check_result $E_INVALID "invalid $2 format :: $1"
         fi
     else
         if ! [[ "$1" =~ ^[[:alnum:]][-|\.|_[:alnum:]]{0,28}[[:alnum:]]$ ]]
             then
-            echo "invalid $2 format :: $1"
+            check_result $E_INVALID "invalid $2 format :: $1"
         fi
     fi
 }