diff --git a/src/fop.rs b/src/fop.rs
index 061815e..0faa827 100644
--- a/src/fop.rs
+++ b/src/fop.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ fn main() {
 	});
 
 	let mut buf = String::new();
-	let _ = stdin().read_to_string(&mut buf);
+	if let Err(e) = stdin().read_to_string(&mut buf) {
+		eprintln!("{}: {}", argv[0], e.strerror);
+		exit(EX_IOERR);
+	};
 
 	/* split the buffer by the delimiter (by default, '\u{1E}') */
 	let mut fields = buf.split(&d).collect::<Vec<&str>>();