diff --git a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/Program.fs b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/Program.fs
index 86d4b55..d4b93d7 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/Program.fs
+++ b/src/FSharp.Analyzers.Cli/Program.fs
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ let loadProject toolsPath projPath =
     async {
         let loader = WorkspaceLoader.Create(toolsPath)
         let parsed = loader.LoadProjects [ projPath ] |> Seq.toList
+
+        if parsed.IsEmpty then
+            printError $"Failed to load project '{projPath}'"
+            exit 1
+
         let fcsPo = FCS.mapToFSharpProjectOptions parsed.Head parsed
 
         return fcsPo