diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/confetty b/confluent_client/bin/confetty
index 351c578e..c11929c6 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/confetty
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/confetty
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ pendingcommand = ""
 if len(shellargs) == 1 and ' ' not in shellargs[0]:  # straight to node console
     consoleonly = True
     do_command("start /nodes/%s/console/session" % shellargs[0], netserver)
+    doexit = True
 elif shellargs:
     command = " ".join(shellargs)
     do_command(command, netserver)