diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index b46e2fe..3529dd2 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ runFile path verbosityLevel regexp = do
              exitWith (ExitFailure 1)
         else putStrLn . T.unpack $ makeGreen "All tests passed!"
     Left message ->
-      putStrLn . T.unpack . makeRed . T.pack $
-      "Couldn't read input json or yaml file: " <> message
+      (putStrLn . T.unpack . makeRed . T.pack $
+      "Couldn't read input json or yaml file: " <> message) >> exitWith (ExitFailure 1)
 
 toLogLevel :: Verbosity -> LogLevel
 toLogLevel v = toEnum $ fromEnum v
diff --git a/curl-runnings.cabal b/curl-runnings.cabal
index c7fe0cd..16833c1 100644
--- a/curl-runnings.cabal
+++ b/curl-runnings.cabal
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 8ef22999ea1898841e719329745691890631e19500f94c71ae498066d285f192
+-- hash: dbc99d38e085ce41c2474642fb43e31b866dd4b2a864e22a26b6f4c12b7a4672
 
 name:           curl-runnings
-version:        0.8.4
+version:        0.8.5
 synopsis:       A framework for declaratively writing curl based API tests
 description:    Please see the README on Github at <https://github.com/aviaviavi/curl-runnings#readme>
 category:       Testing
diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index e9464c0..382c89e 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                curl-runnings
-version:             0.8.4
+version:             0.8.5
 github:              aviaviavi/curl-runnings
 license:             MIT
 author:              Avi Press