diff --git a/packages/cli-command/src/command.js b/packages/cli-command/src/command.js
index 435a6e520..b57c7f841 100644
--- a/packages/cli-command/src/command.js
+++ b/packages/cli-command/src/command.js
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ export default class PercyCommand extends Command {
       // real errors will bubble
       await super.catch(err);
     } catch (err) {
-      // oclif exit method actually throws an error, don't log it
-      if (!err.oclif || err.code !== 'EEXIT') log.error(err);
-      throw err;
+      // oclif exit method actually throws an error, let it continue
+      if (err.oclif && err.code === 'EEXIT') throw err;
+      // log all other errors and exit
+      log.error(err);
+      this.exit(1);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli-command/test/command.test.js b/packages/cli-command/test/command.test.js
index 876825a1f..b6610b7fc 100644
--- a/packages/cli-command/test/command.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli-command/test/command.test.js
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ describe('PercyCommand', () => {
     expect(log.loglevel()).toBe('silent');
   });
 
-  it('logs errors to the logger', async () => {
+  it('logs errors to the logger and exits', async () => {
     class TestPercyCommandError extends TestPercyCommand {
       test() { this.error('test error'); }
     }
 
     await expect(stdio.capture(() => (
       TestPercyCommandError.run([])
-    ))).rejects.toThrow('test error');
+    ))).rejects.toThrow('EEXIT: 1');
 
     expect(stdio[1]).toHaveLength(0);
     expect(stdio[2]).toEqual([