diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/PythonUtil.py b/direct/src/showbase/PythonUtil.py
index 0d8d58ed20..3952656da0 100644
--- a/direct/src/showbase/PythonUtil.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/PythonUtil.py
@@ -145,8 +145,10 @@ class StackTrace:
 
 def printStack():
     print StackTrace(start=1).compact()
+    return True
 def printVerboseStack():
     print StackTrace(start=1)
+    return True
 
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