diff --git a/depell/src/index.js b/depell/src/index.js
index 8e7a77979..949a1624e 100644
--- a/depell/src/index.js
+++ b/depell/src/index.js
@@ -336,10 +336,10 @@ async function fmt(target) {
 	const instance = await getFmtInstance();
 	const decoder = new TextDecoder('utf-8');
 	const fmt = modifyCode(instance, code, 'fmt');
-	if (typeof fmt !== "string") never()
+	if (typeof fmt !== "string") return;
 	const codeBytes = new TextEncoder().encode(fmt);
 	const tok = modifyCode(instance, fmt, 'tok');
-	if (!(tok instanceof Uint8Array)) never();
+	if (!(tok instanceof Uint8Array)) return;
 	target.innerHTML = '';
 	let start = 0;
 	let kind = tok[0];