diff --git a/examples/demo/Cargo.toml b/examples/demo/Cargo.toml
index f4e9511..76c266c 100644
--- a/examples/demo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/demo/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ members = [
     "my-project",
     "xtask",
 ]
+resolver = "2"
diff --git a/examples/demo/xtask/src/main.rs b/examples/demo/xtask/src/main.rs
index 5879b22..db5380f 100644
--- a/examples/demo/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/demo/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     match opt {
         Opt::Watch { command, watch } => {
-            log::info!("starting to watch");
+            log::info!("Starting to watch");
             if !command.is_empty() {
                 let mut it = command.iter();
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
                 let mut sleep = Command::new("bash");
                 sleep.arg("-c");
-                sleep.arg("echo sleeping for 10 seconds...; sleep 10; echo sleep ended");
+                sleep.arg("set -e; echo sleeping for 10 seconds...; sleep 10; echo sleep ended");
 
                 watch.run([check, test, sleep])?;
             }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ac292e2..7f770c4 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 //! ## A basic implementation
 //!
 //! ```rust,no_run
-//! use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus};
+//! use std::process::Command;
 //! use xtask_watch::{
 //!     anyhow::Result,
 //!     clap,
@@ -337,25 +337,26 @@ impl Watch {
                 let mut current_child = current_child.clone();
                 let mut commands = commands.clone();
                 thread::spawn(move || {
-                    commands.spawn(move |res| match res {
+                    let mut status = ExitStatus::default();
+                    commands.spawn(|res| match res {
                         Err(err) => {
-                            log::error!("command failed: {err}");
+                            log::error!("Could not execute command: {err}");
                             false
                         }
                         Ok(child) => {
                             log::trace!("new child: {}", child.id());
                             current_child.replace(child);
-                            let status = current_child.wait();
-                            if status.success() {
-                                true
-                            } else if let Some(code) = status.code() {
-                                log::error!("command failed: {:?}", code);
-                                false
-                            } else {
-                                false
-                            }
+                            status = current_child.wait();
+                            status.success()
                         }
                     });
+                    if status.success() {
+                        log::info!("Command succeeded.");
+                    } else if let Some(code) = status.code() {
+                        log::error!("Command failed (exit code: {code})");
+                    } else {
+                        log::error!("Command failed.");
+                    }
                 });
             }