diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 567d81c9b..ed949e161 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.0-alpha7-316-g8a7655a9e
+3.0.0-alpha7-326-g510f59b4b
diff --git a/src/parallelization.f90 b/src/parallelization.f90
index 04a852a15..3feea8cc3 100644
--- a/src/parallelization.f90
+++ b/src/parallelization.f90
@@ -65,10 +65,12 @@ subroutine parallelization_init()
   PetscErrorCode :: err_PETSc
 #ifdef _OPENMP
   ! If openMP is enabled, check if the MPI libary supports it and initialize accordingly.
-  ! Otherwise, the first call to PETSc will do the initialization.
   call MPI_Init_Thread(MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED,threadLevel,err_MPI)
   if (err_MPI /= 0_MPI_INTEGER_KIND)   error stop 'MPI init failed'
   if (threadLevel<MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED) error stop 'MPI library does not support OpenMP'
+#else
+  call MPI_Init(err_MPI)
+  if (err_MPI /= 0_MPI_INTEGER_KIND)   error stop 'MPI init failed'
 #endif
 
 #if defined(DEBUG)
diff --git a/src/quit.f90 b/src/quit.f90
index 4fc6bf11b..1583a20ff 100644
--- a/src/quit.f90
+++ b/src/quit.f90
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 !> everything is fine. Exit code 1 signals an error, message according to IO_error.
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 subroutine quit(stop_id)
+  use, intrinsic :: ISO_fortran_env, only: ERROR_UNIT
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscsys.h>
   use PETScSys
 #if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
@@ -22,23 +23,16 @@ subroutine quit(stop_id)
 
   integer, dimension(8) :: dateAndTime
   integer :: err_HDF5
-  integer(MPI_INTEGER_KIND) :: err_MPI
+  integer(MPI_INTEGER_KIND) :: err_MPI, worldsize
   PetscErrorCode :: err_PETSc
 
-  call h5open_f(err_HDF5)
-  if (err_HDF5 /= 0_MPI_INTEGER_KIND) write(6,'(a,i5)') ' Error in h5open_f ',err_HDF5                               ! prevents error if not opened yet
+
+  call h5open_f(err_HDF5)                                                                           ! prevents error if not opened yet
+  if (err_HDF5 /= 0) write(ERROR_UNIT,'(a,i5)') ' Error in h5open_f ',err_HDF5
   call h5close_f(err_HDF5)
-  if (err_HDF5 /= 0_MPI_INTEGER_KIND) write(6,'(a,i5)') ' Error in h5close_f ',err_HDF5
+  if (err_HDF5 /= 0) write(ERROR_UNIT,'(a,i5)') ' Error in h5close_f ',err_HDF5
 
   call PetscFinalize(err_PETSc)
-  CHKERRQ(err_PETSc)
-
-#ifdef _OPENMP
-  call MPI_finalize(err_MPI)
-  if (err_MPI /= 0_MPI_INTEGER_KIND) write(6,'(a,i5)') ' Error in MPI_finalize',err_MPI
-#else
-  err_MPI = 0_MPI_INTEGER_KIND
-#endif
 
   call date_and_time(values = dateAndTime)
   write(6,'(/,a)') ' DAMASK terminated on:'
@@ -49,10 +43,15 @@ subroutine quit(stop_id)
                                                         dateAndTime(6),':',&
                                                         dateAndTime(7)
 
-  if (stop_id == 0 .and. &
-      err_HDF5 == 0 .and. &
-      err_MPI == 0_MPI_INTEGER_KIND .and. &
-      err_PETSC == 0) stop 0                                                                        ! normal termination
-  stop 1                                                                                            ! error (message from IO_error)
+  if (stop_id == 0 .and. err_HDF5 == 0 .and. err_PETSC == 0) then
+    call MPI_Finalize(err_MPI)
+    if (err_MPI /= 0_MPI_INTEGER_KIND) error stop 'MPI_Finalize error'
+    stop 0                                                                                          ! normal termination
+  else
+    call MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD,worldsize,err_MPI)
+    if (err_MPI /= 0_MPI_INTEGER_KIND) error stop 'MPI_Comm error'
+    if (stop_id /= 0 .and. worldsize > 1) call MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD,1,err_MPI)
+    stop 1                                                                                          ! error (message from IO_error)
+  endif
 
 end subroutine quit