diff --git a/lib/config/load.js b/lib/config/load.js
index 94b560ed..5422f67b 100644
--- a/lib/config/load.js
+++ b/lib/config/load.js
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ function loadFile(options, config, dir, ready) {
     } catch (e) {
       console.error(e);
       utils.log.fail('Failed to parse config ' + filename);
+      process.exit(1);
     }
 
     // options values will overwrite settings
@@ -189,4 +190,4 @@ function loadFile(options, config, dir, ready) {
   });
 
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}