diff --git a/piker/pp.py b/piker/pp.py
index 6db4ed54..a7fd60aa 100644
--- a/piker/pp.py
+++ b/piker/pp.py
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ def open_trade_ledger(
             # we write on close the mutated ledger data
             with open(tradesfile, 'w') as cf:
                 toml.dump(ledger, cf)
-                return
 
 
 class Transaction(Struct, frozen=True):