diff --git a/kubernetes/so/components/soHelpers/templates/_certificates.tpl b/kubernetes/so/components/soHelpers/templates/_certificates.tpl
index 66497e1..cc22dc9 100644
--- a/kubernetes/so/components/soHelpers/templates/_certificates.tpl
+++ b/kubernetes/so/components/soHelpers/templates/_certificates.tpl
@@ -17,10 +17,19 @@
       /certificates/msb-ca.crt -keystore \
       "{{ $subchartDot.Values.certInitializer.credsPath }}/{{ $subchartDot.Values.aaf.trustore }}" \
       -storepass $cadi_truststore_password -noprompt
-    keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore "{{ $subchartDot.Values.certInitializer.credsPath }}/truststoreONAPall.jks" \
-      -srcstorepass {{ $subchartDot.Values.certInitializer.trustStoreAllPass }} \
-      -destkeystore "{{ $subchartDot.Values.certInitializer.credsPath }}/{{ $subchartDot.Values.aaf.trustore }}" \
-      -deststorepass $cadi_truststore_password -noprompt
+    export EXIT_VALUE=$?
+    if [ "${EXIT_VALUE}" != "0" ]
+    then
+      echo "issue with password: $cadi_truststore_password"
+      exit $EXIT_VALUE
+    else
+      keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore "{{ $subchartDot.Values.certInitializer.credsPath }}/truststoreONAPall.jks" \
+        -srcstorepass {{ $subchartDot.Values.certInitializer.trustStoreAllPass }} \
+        -destkeystore "{{ $subchartDot.Values.certInitializer.credsPath }}/{{ $subchartDot.Values.aaf.trustore }}" \
+        -deststorepass $cadi_truststore_password -noprompt
+        export EXIT_VALUE=$?
+    fi
+    exit $EXIT_VALUE
   volumeMounts:
   {{ include "common.certInitializer.volumeMount" $subchartDot | indent 2 | trim }}
   - name: {{ include "common.name" $dot }}-msb-certificate