diff --git a/src/ruby-haml.coffee b/src/ruby-haml.coffee
index 1a40b65..1d8f9a5 100644
--- a/src/ruby-haml.coffee
+++ b/src/ruby-haml.coffee
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
             args: [ "--unix-newlines", "--no-escape-attrs", "--double-quote-attributes", src ]
 
         grunt.util.spawn args, (err, result) ->
+            if err
+                grunt.log.error 'Error compiling ' + src
+                return done err
             [ext, result] = if options.templatize
                 [".js", "define(function() { return " + _.template(result.stdout).source + "});"]
             else
diff --git a/tasks/ruby-haml.js b/tasks/ruby-haml.js
index a744655..0be5c94 100644
--- a/tasks/ruby-haml.js
+++ b/tasks/ruby-haml.js
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
       };
       return grunt.util.spawn(args, function(err, result) {
         var dest, ext, _ref;
+        if (err) {
+          grunt.log.error('Error compiling ' + src);
+          return done(err);
+        }
         _ref = options.templatize ? [".js", "define(function() { return " + _.template(result.stdout).source + "});"] : ["html", result.stdout], ext = _ref[0], result = _ref[1];
         dest = destPath;
         destPath = (dest ? dest : path.dirname(src));