diff --git a/src/frontend/com_dl.c b/src/frontend/com_dl.c
index b120cf246..00ef5b6e3 100644
--- a/src/frontend/com_dl.c
+++ b/src/frontend/com_dl.c
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ void com_codemodel(wordlist *wl)
 {
     wordlist *ww;
     for (ww = wl; ww; ww = ww->wl_next)
-        if (load_opus(wl->wl_word))
+        if (load_opus(wl->wl_word)) {
             fprintf(cp_err, "Error: Library %s couldn't be loaded!\n", ww->wl_word);
+            if (ft_stricterror)
+                controlled_exit(EXIT_BAD);
+         }
 }
 #endif