diff --git a/app/views/absences.py b/app/views/absences.py
index d8c6810e..720d3ea4 100644
--- a/app/views/absences.py
+++ b/app/views/absences.py
@@ -1497,4 +1497,4 @@ def XMLgetAbsEtud(beg_date="", end_date=""):
             )
     log("XMLgetAbsEtud (%gs)" % (time.time() - t0))
     data = sco_xml.XML_HEADER + ElementTree.tostring(doc).decode(scu.SCO_ENCODING)
-    scu.send_file(data, mime=scu.XML_MIMETYPE, attached=False)
+    return scu.send_file(data, mime=scu.XML_MIMETYPE, attached=False)