diff --git a/src/services/modules/snapshot/snapshot.services.ts b/src/services/modules/snapshot/snapshot.services.ts
index 951d9f4..9d63b04 100644
--- a/src/services/modules/snapshot/snapshot.services.ts
+++ b/src/services/modules/snapshot/snapshot.services.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type {snapshot_id} from '@icp-sdk/canisters/ic-management';
 import {encodeSnapshotId} from '@icp-sdk/canisters/ic-management';
 import {Principal} from '@icp-sdk/core/principal';
 import {nextArg} from '@junobuild/cli-tools';
+import {red} from 'kleur';
 import ora from 'ora';
 import {
   deleteCanisterSnapshot,
@@ -19,7 +20,11 @@ import {
   loadSnapshotAndAssertOverwrite
 } from './_snapshot.loader.services';
 import {downloadExistingSnapshot} from './snapshot.download.services';
-import {uploadExistingSnapshot} from './snapshot.upload.services';
+import {
+  SnapshotAssertError,
+  SnapshotFsReadError,
+  uploadExistingSnapshot
+} from './snapshot.upload.services';
 
 export const createSnapshot = async ({
   canisterId: cId,
@@ -164,12 +169,25 @@ export const uploadSnapshot = async ({
 
   const {snapshotId} = await loadSnapshotAndAssertOverwrite({canisterId, segment});
 
-  await uploadExistingSnapshot({
+  const result = await uploadExistingSnapshot({
     canisterId,
     snapshotId,
     segment,
     folder
   });
+
+  if (result.success) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const {err} = result;
+
+  if (err instanceof SnapshotFsReadError || err instanceof SnapshotAssertError) {
+    console.log(red(err.message));
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  throw err;
 };
 
 const restoreExistingSnapshot = async ({
diff --git a/src/services/modules/snapshot/snapshot.upload.services.ts b/src/services/modules/snapshot/snapshot.upload.services.ts
index 6768d83..aa16119 100644
--- a/src/services/modules/snapshot/snapshot.upload.services.ts
+++ b/src/services/modules/snapshot/snapshot.upload.services.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   type snapshot_id,
   type UploadCanisterSnapshotDataKind
 } from '@icp-sdk/canisters/ic-management';
-import {red} from 'kleur';
 import {lstatSync} from 'node:fs';
 import {type FileHandle, open as openFile, readFile} from 'node:fs/promises';
 import {join, relative} from 'node:path';
@@ -30,8 +29,8 @@ interface DataChunk {
   size: number;
 }
 
-class SnapshotAssertError extends Error {}
-class SnapshotFsReadError extends Error {}
+export class SnapshotAssertError extends Error {}
+export class SnapshotFsReadError extends Error {}
 
 export const uploadExistingSnapshot = async ({
   segment,
@@ -39,7 +38,12 @@ export const uploadExistingSnapshot = async ({
 }: UploadSnapshotParams & {
   segment: AssetKey;
   folder: string;
-}): Promise<void> => {
+}): Promise<
+  | {
+      success: true;
+    }
+  | {success: false; err: unknown}
+> => {
   const spinner = ora('Uploading the snapshot...').start();
 
   try {
@@ -55,15 +59,12 @@ export const uploadExistingSnapshot = async ({
     console.log(
       `✅ The snapshot ${snapshotIdText} for your ${displaySegment(segment)} has been uploaded.`
     );
-  } catch (error: unknown) {
-    spinner.stop();
 
-    if (error instanceof SnapshotFsReadError || error instanceof SnapshotAssertError) {
-      console.log(red(error.message));
-      return;
-    }
+    return {success: true};
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    spinner.stop();
 
-    throw error;
+    return {success: false, err};
   }
 };