diff --git a/wagtail/bin/wagtail.py b/wagtail/bin/wagtail.py
index 7afd503b8..458b0b399 100644
--- a/wagtail/bin/wagtail.py
+++ b/wagtail/bin/wagtail.py
@@ -44,14 +44,15 @@ def create_project(parser, options, args):
     template_path = os.path.join(wagtail_path, 'project_template')
 
     # Call django-admin startproject
-    subprocess.call([
+    result = subprocess.call([
         'django-admin.py', 'startproject',
         '--template=' + template_path,
         '--name=Vagrantfile', '--ext=html,rst',
         project_name
     ])
 
-    print("Success! %(project_name)s is created" % {'project_name': project_name})
+    if result == 0:
+        print("Success! %(project_name)s is created" % {'project_name': project_name})
 
 
 COMMANDS = {