diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 89a47f8..5406219 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ 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;