diff --git a/absurdism b/absurdism
index f556c8e..4624377 100755
--- a/absurdism
+++ b/absurdism
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
  && podman run -v="$(readlink -f .)":/stargazing -e=TERM=$TERM -it --rm \
     --security-opt label=disable --user podman quay.io/podman/stable \
     /stargazing/build-all \
- || echo something died \
+ || { e=$?; echo something died; exit $e ;} \
 ;