diff --git a/crawler/management/commands/crawl.py b/crawler/management/commands/crawl.py
index b473ba4..78705fb 100644
--- a/crawler/management/commands/crawl.py
+++ b/crawler/management/commands/crawl.py
@@ -79,4 +79,6 @@ def command(start_url, db_filename, max_pages, depth, recreate, resume):
     # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/async/#async-safety
     os.environ["DJANGO_ALLOW_ASYNC_UNSAFE"] = "true"
 
-    return app.run_sync()
+    exit_status = app.run_sync()
+    click.echo(f"done, exiting with status {exit_status}")
+    return exit_status