diff --git a/cs-project3.cpp b/cs-project3.cpp
index 5a9c55e..027e8ff 100644
--- a/cs-project3.cpp
+++ b/cs-project3.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
             curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, argv[1]);
             res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
             curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+            if (res != CURLE_OK) {
+                cout << curl_easy_strerror(res);
+                exit(1);
+            }
         }
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         return 0;