diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 2a3054973..ae0ec52f1 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -5036,7 +5036,7 @@ void OnTerminate()
         The easiest way to achieve that is to acutally segfault, so we assert
         here.
     */
-    serverAssert(false);
+    serverPanic("std::teminate() called");
 }
 
 void *workerThreadMain(void *parg)