diff --git a/include/trick/MonteCarlo.hh b/include/trick/MonteCarlo.hh
index f0776b27..bbdc9b82 100644
--- a/include/trick/MonteCarlo.hh
+++ b/include/trick/MonteCarlo.hh
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@
 %template(MonteVarVector) std::vector<Trick::MonteVar*>;
 #endif
 
+/* strings to match ExitStatus enum in MonteRun */
+static const char* MC_exit_status_string[] = {
+            "Incomplete", 
+            "Complete",
+            "Failed", 
+            "Core Dumped", 
+            "Timed Out",
+            "No Permission to Output Directory", 
+            "Bad Input",
+            "Unrecognized Return Code" 
+} ;
+
 namespace Trick {
 
     /**
@@ -36,7 +48,10 @@ namespace Trick {
     class MonteRun {
 
         public:
-        /** Details the manner in which this run exited. */
+        /** 
+         * Details the manner in which this run exited. Update
+         * Strings in MC_exit_status_string above when editing enum. 
+         */
         enum ExitStatus {
             MC_RUN_INCOMPLETE,          /**< not completed */
             MC_RUN_COMPLETE,            /**< process completed with exit status zero */
@@ -78,6 +93,8 @@ namespace Trick {
             end_time(0),
             exit_status(MC_RUN_INCOMPLETE) {}
 
+        /* return exit status string that matches enum value */
+        const char* exit_status_string() const;
     };
 
     /**
diff --git a/trick_source/sim_services/MonteCarlo/MonteCarlo.cpp b/trick_source/sim_services/MonteCarlo/MonteCarlo.cpp
index 0cc791d5..e1785f08 100644
--- a/trick_source/sim_services/MonteCarlo/MonteCarlo.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/sim_services/MonteCarlo/MonteCarlo.cpp
@@ -72,4 +72,8 @@ Trick::MonteCarlo::~MonteCarlo() {
     connection_device.error_handler = NULL ;
 }
 
+const char* Trick::MonteRun::exit_status_string() const {
+    return MC_exit_status_string[exit_status];
+}
+
 
diff --git a/trick_source/sim_services/MonteCarlo/MonteCarlo_master_shutdown.cpp b/trick_source/sim_services/MonteCarlo/MonteCarlo_master_shutdown.cpp
index e2ca026d..38b67256 100644
--- a/trick_source/sim_services/MonteCarlo/MonteCarlo_master_shutdown.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/sim_services/MonteCarlo/MonteCarlo_master_shutdown.cpp
@@ -60,10 +60,8 @@ void Trick::MonteCarlo::shutdown_slaves() {
         }
     }
 }
+
 void Trick::MonteCarlo::print_statistics(FILE** fp) {
-    static const char *exit_status_string[] =
-      {"Incomplete", "Complete", "Core Dumped", "Timed Out",
-       "No Permission to Output Directory", "Bad Input" } ;
 
     fprintf(*fp,
       "\nMonte Carlo complete: %u runs (%zu successful) (%zu non-zero exit status) (%zu errors) (%u out of range)\n",
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@ void Trick::MonteCarlo::print_statistics(FILE** fp) {
         fprintf(*fp, "\nThe following runs failed to complete:\n");
         for (const MonteRun* run : error_runs) {
             fprintf(*fp, "RUN_%05d MonteRun::ExitStatus = %s (%d)\n", run->id,
-              exit_status_string[run->exit_status], run->exit_status);
+              run->exit_status_string(), run->exit_status);
         }
     }
 }