Index: trunk/ppStack/src/ppStackPhotometry.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ppStack/src/ppStackPhotometry.c	(revision 27004)
+++ trunk/ppStack/src/ppStackPhotometry.c	(revision 27158)
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
         psErrorStackPrint(stderr, "Unable to perform photometry on image");
         psWarning("Unable to perform photometry on image --- suspect bad data quality.");
-        if (options->stats && psMetadataLookupS32(NULL, options->stats, "QUALITY") == 0) {
-            psMetadataAddS32(options->stats, PS_LIST_TAIL, "QUALITY", PS_META_REPLACE,
-                             "Unable to perform photometry on image", psErrorCodeLast());
+        if (options->quality == 0) {
+            options->quality = psErrorCodeLast();
         }
         psErrorClear();