diff --git a/src/bin/lpython.cpp b/src/bin/lpython.cpp
index 6f0fc85b24..d5afe1fb8c 100644
--- a/src/bin/lpython.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/lpython.cpp
@@ -1735,7 +1735,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         // the first:
         std::string arg_file = arg_files[0];
         if (CLI::NonexistentPath(arg_file).empty()){
-            throw LCompilers::LCompilersException("No such file or directory: " + arg_file);
+            std::cerr << "The input file does not exist: " << arg_file << std::endl;
+            return 1;
         }
 
         std::string outfile;