diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 369af789..46ec828f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   instead ([#766](https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess/issues/766))([**@Sherwin-14**](https://github.com/Sherwin-14))
 - Added Issue Templates([#281](https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess/issues/281))([**@Sherwin-14**](https://github.com/Sherwin-14))
 
+- Fixed earthaccess.download() ignoring errors ([#581])(https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess/issues/581) ([**@Sherwin-14**](https://github.com/Sherwin-14))
 
 
 ## [v0.10.0] 2024-07-19
diff --git a/earthaccess/store.py b/earthaccess/store.py
index c57d4858..b814d0e2 100644
--- a/earthaccess/store.py
+++ b/earthaccess/store.py
@@ -50,15 +50,20 @@ def _open_files(
     url_mapping: Mapping[str, Union[DataGranule, None]],
     fs: fsspec.AbstractFileSystem,
     threads: Optional[int] = 8,
-    fail_fast: bool = True
+    fail_fast: bool = True,
 ) -> List[fsspec.AbstractFileSystem]:
     def multi_thread_open(data: tuple) -> EarthAccessFile:
         urls, granule = data
         return EarthAccessFile(fs.open(urls), granule)
-    
+
     exception_behavior = "immediate" if fail_fast else "deferred"
 
-    fileset = pqdm(url_mapping.items(), multi_thread_open, n_jobs=threads,exception_behaviour=exception_behavior)
+    fileset = pqdm(
+        url_mapping.items(),
+        multi_thread_open,
+        n_jobs=threads,
+        exception_behaviour=exception_behavior,
+    )
     return fileset
 
 
@@ -420,7 +425,7 @@ def _open_urls(
         granules: List[str],
         provider: Optional[str] = None,
         threads: Optional[int] = 8,
-        fail_fast: bool = True
+        fail_fast: bool = True,
     ) -> List[Any]:
         fileset: List = []
 
@@ -445,10 +450,7 @@ def _open_urls(
                 if s3_fs is not None:
                     try:
                         fileset = _open_files(
-                            url_mapping,
-                            fs=s3_fs,
-                            threads=threads,
-                            fail_fast = fail_fast
+                            url_mapping, fs=s3_fs, threads=threads, fail_fast=fail_fast
                         )
                     except Exception as e:
                         raise RuntimeError(
@@ -546,7 +548,7 @@ def _get_urls(
         local_path: Path,
         provider: Optional[str] = None,
         threads: int = 8,
-        fail_fast: bool = True
+        fail_fast: bool = True,
     ) -> List[str]:
         data_links = granules
         downloaded_files: List = []
@@ -568,7 +570,9 @@ def _get_urls(
 
         else:
             # if we are not in AWS
-            return self._download_onprem_granules(data_links, local_path, threads,fail_fast=fail_fast)
+            return self._download_onprem_granules(
+                data_links, local_path, threads, fail_fast=fail_fast
+            )
 
     @_get.register
     def _get_granules(
@@ -577,7 +581,7 @@ def _get_granules(
         local_path: Path,
         provider: Optional[str] = None,
         threads: int = 8,
-        fail_fast: bool = True
+        fail_fast: bool = True,
     ) -> List[str]:
         data_links: List = []
         downloaded_files: List = []
@@ -618,7 +622,9 @@ def _get_granules(
         else:
             # if the data are cloud-based, but we are not in AWS,
             # it will be downloaded as if it was on prem
-            return self._download_onprem_granules(data_links, local_path, threads,fail_fast=fail_fast)
+            return self._download_onprem_granules(
+                data_links, local_path, threads, fail_fast=fail_fast
+            )
 
     def _download_file(self, url: str, directory: Path) -> str:
         """Download a single file from an on-prem location, a DAAC data center.
@@ -656,7 +662,7 @@ def _download_file(self, url: str, directory: Path) -> str:
         return str(path)
 
     def _download_onprem_granules(
-        self, urls: List[str], directory: Path, threads: int = 8,fail_fast: bool = True
+        self, urls: List[str], directory: Path, threads: int = 8, fail_fast: bool = True
     ) -> List[Any]:
         """Downloads a list of URLS into the data directory.
 
@@ -665,6 +671,9 @@ def _download_onprem_granules(
             directory: local directory to store the downloaded files
             threads: parallel number of threads to use to download the files;
                 adjust as necessary, default = 8
+            fail_fast: if set to True, the download process will stop immediately
+            upon encountering the first error. If set to False, errors will be
+            deferred, allowing the download of remaining files to continue.
 
         Returns:
             A list of local filepaths to which the files were downloaded.
@@ -686,7 +695,7 @@ def _download_onprem_granules(
             self._download_file,
             n_jobs=threads,
             argument_type="args",
-            exception_behaviour=exception_behavior
+            exception_behaviour=exception_behavior,
         )
         return results
 
@@ -694,12 +703,14 @@ def _open_urls_https(
         self,
         url_mapping: Mapping[str, Union[DataGranule, None]],
         threads: Optional[int] = 8,
-        fail_fast: bool = True
+        fail_fast: bool = True,
     ) -> List[fsspec.AbstractFileSystem]:
         https_fs = self.get_fsspec_session()
         if https_fs is not None:
             try:
-                fileset = _open_files(url_mapping, https_fs, threads,fail_fast=fail_fast)
+                fileset = _open_files(
+                    url_mapping, https_fs, threads, fail_fast=fail_fast
+                )
             except Exception:
                 logger.exception(
                     "An exception occurred while trying to access remote files via HTTPS"