diff --git a/hm.py b/hm.py
index 59ecbc84..a5a12dbc 100644
--- a/hm.py
+++ b/hm.py
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ def run_cmd(cmd, argv = []):
 		if not verbose:
 			# print friendly error for users
 			print 'Error:',ex
+			exit(1)
 		else:
 			# if user wants to be verbose let python do it's thing
 			raise