diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 891c89d..8b37622 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ 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;