diff --git a/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2 b/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2
index de046344761ebde0705c093c6156a7d59016ae38..1d3da3711c9a33ebab56ebf119eab728db4d1210 100644
--- a/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2
+++ b/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function slurm_job_submit(job_desc, part_list, submit_uid)
 
 if job_desc.account == "default" then
 slurm.log_user("You have to specify your project ID as part of your job submission. The account=default is now deprecated on M3 job scheduler.")
-return slurm.ESLURM_INVALID_ACCOUNT
+return slurm.ERROR
 end
 
 end