diff --git a/markdown-link-check b/markdown-link-check
index 8739690..06dc8f7 100755
--- a/markdown-link-check
+++ b/markdown-link-check
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ async function runMarkdownLinkCheck(filenameForOutput, markdown, opts) {
     ));
 
     if (err) throw null;
-    else if (results.some((result) => result.status === 'dead')) return;
+    else if (results.some((result) => result.status === 'dead')) throw null;
     else return;
 }
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b8fa2d8..47f3959 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "markdown-link-check",
-  "version": "3.14.0",
+  "version": "3.14.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "markdown-link-check",
-      "version": "3.14.0",
+      "version": "3.14.1",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "async": "^3.2.6",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 28db2a4..cb2e4d6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "markdown-link-check",
-  "version": "3.14.0",
+  "version": "3.14.1",
   "description": "checks the all of the hyperlinks in a markdown text to determine if they are alive or dead",
   "bin": {
     "markdown-link-check": "markdown-link-check"
diff --git a/test/markdown-link-check.test.js b/test/markdown-link-check.test.js
index 06a8768..5442e2b 100644
--- a/test/markdown-link-check.test.js
+++ b/test/markdown-link-check.test.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const expect = require('expect.js');
 const http = require('http');
 const express = require('express');
+const child_process = require('child_process');
 const markdownLinkCheck = require('../');
 const dirname = process.platform === 'win32' ? __dirname.replace(/\\/g, '/') : __dirname;
 
@@ -442,4 +443,21 @@ describe('markdown-link-check', function () {
             done();
         });
     });
+
+    describe("CLI", function () {
+        const cliPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'markdown-link-check');
+
+        it("exits with 0 if all links are ok", function () {
+            const { status, output } = child_process.spawnSync(process.execPath, [cliPath, path.join(__dirname, 'alive-links-only.md')]);
+            expect(status).to.be(0);
+            expect(output.toString()).to.contain('links checked.');
+        });
+
+        it("exits with 1 if any link is broken", function () {
+            this.timeout(60000)
+            const { status, output } = child_process.spawnSync(process.execPath, [cliPath, [path.join(__dirname, 'section-links.md')]]);
+            expect(status).to.be(1);
+            expect(output.toString()).to.contain('dead links found!');
+        });
+    });
 });