diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index cce3745..6eb4f67 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ int main(int argc, char*argv[]) {
     CURLcode res;
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, argv[1]);
     res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+    if(res != 0){
+        cout <<  curl_easy_strerror(res);
+        exit(1);
+    }
     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
     }
   }