diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f1a2742..abe525c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ toolchain go1.21.0
 require (
 	github.com/carlescere/scheduler v0.0.0-20170109141437-ee74d2f83d82
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.5
-	github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils v0.0.0-20240313174126-39bd42e7a7eb
+	github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils v0.0.0-20240314223950-e790099ddc0f
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	gitlab.com/tozd/go/errors v0.8.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 62dad35..3e3c96a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v0.9.2 h1:CG6TE5H9/JXsFWJCfoIVpKFIkFe6ysEuHirp4DxC
 github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v0.9.2/go.mod h1:5CU+agLiy3J7N7QjHK5d05KxGsuXiQLrjA0H7acj2lQ=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.5 h1:bJj+Pj19UZMIweq/iie+1u5YCdGrnxCT9yvm0e+Nd5M=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.5/go.mod h1:Jy/gPYAdjqffZ/yFGCFV2doI5wjtH1ewM9u8iYVjtX8=
-github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils v0.0.0-20240313174126-39bd42e7a7eb h1:9/ds51JG/66mSCsHrE3V9GkG9uAeOb4PNRyJhcb3cuM=
-github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils v0.0.0-20240313174126-39bd42e7a7eb/go.mod h1:Iw/QevnMRfpwyAL8vQPqNOEh2FJjoKMh64uuxyN3o+Q=
+github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils v0.0.0-20240314223950-e790099ddc0f h1:5GhvocV4MBzKU7FL7I2RttpnCLqHeQdtHCgK/Nfg0Rc=
+github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils v0.0.0-20240314223950-e790099ddc0f/go.mod h1:Iw/QevnMRfpwyAL8vQPqNOEh2FJjoKMh64uuxyN3o+Q=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 07a2640..cab9e0d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -482,9 +482,12 @@ func execProviderBackups() {
 
 	succeeded, failed := getBackupsStats(backupResults)
 
-	if failed > 0 {
+	switch {
+	case succeeded == 0 && failed >= 0:
+		logger.Println("all backups failed")
+	case succeeded > 0 && failed > 0:
 		logger.Println("backups completed with errors")
-	} else {
+	default:
 		logger.Println("backups complete")
 	}
 
@@ -508,6 +511,11 @@ func execProviderBackups() {
 
 		logger.Printf("next run scheduled for: %s", nextBackupTime.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 -0700 MST"))
 	}
+
+	if failed > 0 {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 }
 
 func getProjectMinimumAccessLevel() int {
diff --git a/webhook.go b/webhook.go
index c125c03..25c955e 100644
--- a/webhook.go
+++ b/webhook.go
@@ -101,7 +101,15 @@ func getBackupsStats(br BackupResults) (ok, failed int) {
 	}
 
 	for _, pr := range *br.Results {
+		// catch error from provider
+		if pr.Results.Error != nil {
+			failed++
+
+			continue
+		}
+
 		for _, r := range pr.Results.BackupResults {
+			// catch error from repository backup
 			if r.Error != nil {
 				failed++