diff --git a/src/controllers/api/nemesisController.ts b/src/controllers/api/nemesisController.ts
index 9a11ce7a..410df731 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/nemesisController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/nemesisController.ts
@@ -150,16 +150,17 @@ export const nemesisController: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
             res.json(response);
         } else {
             const passcode = getNemesisPasscode(inventory.Nemesis!);
+            let RankIncrease: number | undefined;
             if (passcode[body.position] == body.guess) {
                 const manifest = getNemesisManifest(inventory.Nemesis!.manifest);
                 if (inventory.Nemesis!.Rank + 1 < manifest.systemIndexes.length) {
                     inventory.Nemesis!.Rank += 1;
-                    inventory.Nemesis!.InfNodes = getInfNodes(manifest, inventory.Nemesis!.Rank);
-                    await inventory.save();
-                    res.json({ RankIncrease: 1 });
+                    RankIncrease = 1;
                 }
+                inventory.Nemesis!.InfNodes = getInfNodes(manifest, inventory.Nemesis!.Rank);
+                await inventory.save();
             }
-            res.end();
+            res.json({ RankIncrease });
         }
     } else if ((req.query.mode as string) == "rs") {
         // report spawn; POST but no application data in body