diff --git a/concourse/tasks/publish-vsix-releases.sh b/concourse/tasks/publish-vsix-releases.sh
index 4c67d798e..5c9fa30e9 100755
--- a/concourse/tasks/publish-vsix-releases.sh
+++ b/concourse/tasks/publish-vsix-releases.sh
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ do
     echo "But this is just a practice run..."
     echo ""
 done
+
+exit 99 ## take this line out once the publishing code is functional and does something real.
\ No newline at end of file