diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py
index e1b3c968..959d5d31 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class AttrDict(dict):
 
 
 def logged_cmd(log_file, *vargs):
+    result = None
     try:
         if log_file:
             print(" ".join(vargs), file=log_file)