diff --git a/scarb/src/bin/scarb/commands/fmt.rs b/scarb/src/bin/scarb/commands/fmt.rs
index bbd1c3509..838d66342 100644
--- a/scarb/src/bin/scarb/commands/fmt.rs
+++ b/scarb/src/bin/scarb/commands/fmt.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 
 use crate::args::FmtArgs;
+use crate::errors::ErrorWithExitCode;
 use scarb::core::Config;
 use scarb::ops;
 
 #[tracing::instrument(skip_all, level = "info")]
 pub fn run(args: FmtArgs, config: &Config) -> Result<()> {
     let ws = ops::read_workspace(config.manifest_path(), config)?;
-    match ops::format(
+    if ops::format(
         ops::FmtOptions {
             check: args.check,
             pkg_name: args.package,
             color: !args.no_color,
         },
         &ws,
-    ) {
-        Ok(true) => Ok(()),
-        _ => std::process::exit(1),
+    )? {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(ErrorWithExitCode::code(1).into())
     }
 }
diff --git a/scarb/src/bin/scarb/errors.rs b/scarb/src/bin/scarb/errors.rs
index 0af5f9e35..443eaff3b 100644
--- a/scarb/src/bin/scarb/errors.rs
+++ b/scarb/src/bin/scarb/errors.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-use anyhow::Result;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-pub type ScarbResult<T> = Result<T, ErrorWithExitCode>;
-
 /// The ErrorWithExitCode is the error type used at Scarb's CLI-layer.
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 #[error("ErrorWithExitCode exit_code: {exit_code}")]
diff --git a/scarb/src/bin/scarb/main.rs b/scarb/src/bin/scarb/main.rs
index 898b30337..a46225989 100644
--- a/scarb/src/bin/scarb/main.rs
+++ b/scarb/src/bin/scarb/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 use std::env;
 
-use anyhow::Result;
+use anyhow::{Error, Result};
 use clap::Parser;
+use tracing::debug;
 use tracing_log::AsTrace;
 use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 
+use crate::errors::ErrorWithExitCode;
 use args::ScarbArgs;
 use scarb::core::Config;
 use scarb::ops;
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ use scarb::ui::Ui;
 
 mod args;
 mod commands;
+mod errors;
 
 fn main() {
     let args = ScarbArgs::parse();
@@ -30,6 +33,20 @@ fn main() {
     let ui = Ui::new(args.ui_verbosity(), args.output_format());
 
     if let Err(err) = cli_main(args) {
+        exit_with_error(err, &ui);
+    }
+}
+
+fn exit_with_error(err: Error, ui: &Ui) {
+    debug!("exit_with_error; err={:?}", err);
+
+    if let Some(error_with_exit_code) = err.downcast_ref::<ErrorWithExitCode>() {
+        let ErrorWithExitCode { source, exit_code } = error_with_exit_code;
+        if let Some(source_err) = source {
+            ui.anyhow(source_err);
+        }
+        std::process::exit(*exit_code);
+    } else {
         ui.anyhow(&err);
         std::process::exit(1);
     }