diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 8c47da2..ad21522 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
             CURLcode res;
             curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, argv[1]);
             res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+             if (res!=CURLE_OK){
+                cerr << curl_easy_strerror(res);
+                exit(1);
+            }
             curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
         return 0;