diff --git a/src/Confer/Cmd/Check.hs b/src/Confer/Cmd/Check.hs
index 714e3ef..5f69fb1 100644
--- a/src/Confer/Cmd/Check.hs
+++ b/src/Confer/Cmd/Check.hs
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ import Data.Foldable
 import Data.Function
 import Data.List.NonEmpty
 import Data.List.NonEmpty qualified as NE
+import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Text qualified as Text
 import Data.Text.Display
 import Data.Text.IO qualified as Text
 import Effectful
 import Effectful.FileSystem (FileSystem)
 import Effectful.FileSystem qualified as FileSystem
+import System.Exit qualified as System
 import System.Info qualified as System
 import System.OsPath ((</>), OsPath)
 import System.OsPath qualified as OsPath
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ import Validation
 
 import Confer.Config.Evaluator
 import Confer.Config.Types
-import Confer.Effect.Symlink (Symlink, SymlinkError)
+import Confer.Effect.Symlink (Symlink, SymlinkError(..))
 import Confer.Effect.Symlink qualified as Symlink
 
 check
@@ -39,8 +41,11 @@ check = do
             liftIO $ Text.putStrLn $ "[+] Checking " <> display fact
             validateSymlink fact) deployments
         case result of
-          Failure errors->
-            liftIO $ print errors
+          Failure errors -> do
+            forM_ errors $
+              \e ->
+                liftIO $ Text.putStrLn $ formatSymlinkError e
+            liftIO System.exitFailure
           Success _ -> pure ()
     Left e -> error e
 
@@ -54,3 +59,13 @@ validateSymlink fact = do
   case result of
     Right _ -> pure $ Success ()
     Left e -> pure $ Failure (NE.singleton e)
+
+formatSymlinkError :: SymlinkError -> Text
+formatSymlinkError (DoesNotExist path) =
+  "[!] "
+    <> display (Text.pack . show $ path)
+    <> " does not exist"
+formatSymlinkError (IsNotSymlink path) =
+  "[!] "
+    <> display (Text.pack . show $ path)
+    <> " is not a symbolic link!"