diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 63457fc..220872b 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ CURLcode curl_get(const char *const url, struct memory *chunk)
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *)chunk);
 
     status = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+    if (status != CURLE_OK)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(status));
+        exit(status);
+    }
 
     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
     curl_slist_free_all(headers);