diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox_file_restore/block_driver_qemu.rs b/src/bin/proxmox_file_restore/block_driver_qemu.rs
index c9142129..c95bf80b 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox_file_restore/block_driver_qemu.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox_file_restore/block_driver_qemu.rs
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ impl BlockRestoreDriver for QemuBlockDriver {
                     .await
                 {
                     eprintln!("reading file extraction stream failed - {}", err);
+                    std::process::exit(1);
                 }
             });