diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 40f1c3f..0cbab1c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xplr"
-version = "0.2.17"
+version = "0.2.18"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d3b9e4d..4cdd04a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "xplr"
-version = "0.2.17"  # Update app.rs
+version = "0.2.18"  # Update app.rs
 authors = ["Arijit Basu <sayanarijit@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer, stealing ideas from nnn and fzf"
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 96102b7..916db65 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::fs;
 use std::io;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-pub const VERSION: &str = "v0.2.17"; // Update Cargo.toml
+pub const VERSION: &str = "v0.2.18"; // Update Cargo.toml
 
 pub const TEMPLATE_TABLE_ROW: &str = "TEMPLATE_TABLE_ROW";
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8494408..9ffe978 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
                     let session_path = app.session_path();
                     let result = app.result_str();
 
-                    let _ = std::process::Command::new(cmd.command.clone())
+                    let status = std::process::Command::new(cmd.command.clone())
                         .current_dir(app.pwd())
                         .env("XPLR_PID", pid)
                         .env("XPLR_INPUT_BUFFER", input_buffer)
@@ -224,7 +224,20 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
                         .env("XPLR_DIRECTORY_NODES", directory_nodes)
                         .env("XPLR_LOGS", logs)
                         .args(cmd.args.clone())
-                        .status();
+                        .status()
+                        .map(|s| {
+                            if s.success() {
+                                Ok(())
+                            } else {
+                                Err(format!("process exited with code {}", &s))
+                            }
+                        })
+                        .unwrap_or_else(|e| Err(e.to_string()));
+
+                    if let Err(e) = status {
+                        let msg = app::MsgIn::External(app::ExternalMsg::LogError(e));
+                        tx_msg_in.send(app::Task::new(1, msg, None))?;
+                    };
 
                     terminal.hide_cursor()?;
                     execute!(terminal.backend_mut(), term::EnterAlternateScreen)?;