diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index e7a9196..c37e72e 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ open = "5.0"
 tokio-util = { version="0.7.9", features = ["io"]}
 dirs = "5.0"
 confy = "0.5"
+exitcode = "1.1.2"
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 529294c..9fda8a5 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::process::ExitCode;
+
 use clap::Parser;
 use reqwest::{Body, Url};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -84,11 +86,18 @@ async fn create_bin(binurl: &str, access_token: &str) -> Result<Url, reqwest::Er
 async fn upload_to_bin(url: &str, content_type: &str) -> Result<(), reqwest::Error> {
     let client = reqwest::Client::new();
 
-    client
+    if let Err(error) = client
         .post(url)
         .header("Content-Type", content_type)
         .body(Body::wrap_stream(ReaderStream::new(stdin())))
         .send()
-        .await?;
+        .await?
+        .text()
+        .await
+    {
+        eprintln!("{:?}", error);
+        std::process::exit(exitcode::TEMPFAIL);
+    }
+
     Ok(())
 }