diff --git a/dotfiles/run.sh b/dotfiles/run.sh
index 9463439..2f212db 100644
--- a/dotfiles/run.sh
+++ b/dotfiles/run.sh
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@ if [ -n "$${DOTFILES_URI// }" ]; then
     DOTFILES_USER_HOME=$(eval echo ~"$DOTFILES_USER")
     sudo -u "$DOTFILES_USER" sh -c "'$CODER_BIN' dotfiles '$DOTFILES_URI' -y 2>&1 | tee '$DOTFILES_USER_HOME'/.dotfiles.log"
   fi
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to install dotfiles"
+    exit 1  
 fi