diff --git a/modules/hlr_lookup.py b/modules/hlr_lookup.py
index ae2b3ab..5b4e562 100644
--- a/modules/hlr_lookup.py
+++ b/modules/hlr_lookup.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 sys.path.append('..')
 from config import Colors, NUMVERIFY_API_KEY, USER_AGENT
 from modules import get_proxies
+from modules.module_status import annotate, OK, ERROR
 
 
 class HLRLookup:
@@ -85,11 +86,11 @@ def validate_phone(self, phone: str, country_code: str = None) -> Dict[str, Any]
                     result.update(api_result)
 
         except phonenumbers.NumberParseException as e:
-            result["error"] = f"Parse error: {str(e)}"
+            return annotate(result, ERROR, f"Parse error: {str(e)}")
         except Exception as e:
-            result["error"] = str(e)
+            return annotate(result, ERROR, str(e))
 
-        return result
+        return annotate(result, OK)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _http_fallback_allowed() -> bool:
@@ -186,7 +187,6 @@ def print_result(self, result: Dict):
             print(f"{Colors.YELLOW}Timezones:{Colors.RESET} {', '.join(result['timezones'])}")
 
     def reverse_lookup(self, phone: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        from modules.module_status import annotate, ERROR
         result = {
             "phone": phone,
             "names": [],
diff --git a/tests/test_hlr_lookup_status.py b/tests/test_hlr_lookup_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92c8284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_hlr_lookup_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import phonenumbers
+
+from modules.hlr_lookup import HLRLookup
+from modules.module_status import ERROR, OK
+
+
+def _hlr():
+    hlr = HLRLookup()
+    hlr.api_key = None
+    return hlr
+
+
+def test_valid_number_is_ok():
+    result = _hlr().validate_phone("+14155552671")
+    assert result["status"] == OK
+    assert result["error"] is None
+    assert result["valid"] is True
+
+
+def test_invalid_but_parseable_number_is_ok():
+    result = _hlr().validate_phone("+1234")
+    assert result["status"] == OK
+    assert result["error"] is None
+    assert result["valid"] is False
+
+
+def test_parse_failure_is_error():
+    result = _hlr().validate_phone("not a number")
+    assert result["status"] == ERROR
+    assert result["error"].startswith("Parse error:")
+    assert result["status_reason"] == result["error"]
+
+
+def test_unexpected_exception_is_error():
+    hlr = _hlr()
+    with patch.object(phonenumbers, "is_valid_number", side_effect=RuntimeError("boom")):
+        result = hlr.validate_phone("+14155552671")
+    assert result["status"] == ERROR
+    assert result["error"] == "boom"