diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f05b94f..46a47ad 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -457,7 +457,9 @@ fn mode_get(cmd: &mut Command, args: Args, ids: &mut Vec<i64>, tags: &mut Vec<St
         debug!("MAIN: Item has compression type {:?}", compression_type.clone());
 
         let compression_engine = compression::get_engine(compression_type).expect("Unable to get compression engine");
-        compression_engine.cat(item_path.clone())
+        compression_engine.cat(item_path.clone())?;
+
+        Ok(())
     } else {
         Err(anyhow!("Unable to find matching item in database"))
     }