diff --git a/obs-staging-bot/main.go b/obs-staging-bot/main.go
index ca75e4c..dfe836f 100644
--- a/obs-staging-bot/main.go
+++ b/obs-staging-bot/main.go
@@ -857,6 +857,7 @@ func ProcessPullRequest(gitea common.Gitea, org, repo string, id int64) (bool, e
 			l := len(stagingConfig.ObsProject)
 			if l >= len(stagingConfig.StagingProject) || stagingConfig.ObsProject != stagingConfig.StagingProject[0:l] {
 				common.LogError("StagingProject (", stagingConfig.StagingProject, ") is not child of target project", stagingConfig.ObsProject)
+				return true, nil
 			}
 		}