diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 6f05e459e..0ef80424d 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ func (a *App) visitStates(fileOrDir string, defOpts LoadOpts, converge func(*sta
 		}
 
 		st, err := a.loadDesiredStateFromYaml(f, opts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 
 		sigs := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 		signal.Notify(sigs, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)