diff --git a/assets/macos/archive/launch_modded.sh b/assets/macos/archive/launch_modded.sh
index a470f8e7..5441a51e 100755
--- a/assets/macos/archive/launch_modded.sh
+++ b/assets/macos/archive/launch_modded.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Compiles REDscript and launches the game.
+set -euo pipefail
 
 game_dir=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
 
-"$game_dir/engine/tools/scc" -compile "$game_dir/r6/scripts"
-"$game_dir/Cyberpunk2077.app/Contents/MacOS/Cyberpunk2077"
+if ! "$game_dir/engine/tools/scc" -compile "$game_dir/r6/scripts"; then
+    message="REDscript compilation failed, the game was not launched. Check r6/logs/redscript_rCURRENT.log for details."
+    echo "$message" >&2
+    osascript -e "display alert \"REDscript\" message \"$message\" as critical" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+open "$game_dir/Cyberpunk2077.app"
diff --git a/crates/scc/cli/src/main.rs b/crates/scc/cli/src/main.rs
index 0f85b6c8..94658b0b 100644
--- a/crates/scc/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/scc/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ fn run(r6_dir: &Path, args: Option<Arguments>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .context("missing 'settings_add_script_path'")?;
     let compile = api.compile.context("missing 'compile'")?;
     let free_result = api.free_result.context("missing 'free_result'")?;
+    let get_success = api.get_success.context("missing 'get_success'")?;
 
     let root = c_path(r6_dir)?;
 
@@ -72,7 +73,12 @@ fn run(r6_dir: &Path, args: Option<Arguments>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         }
 
         let res = compile(settings);
+        let succeeded = !get_success(res).is_null();
         free_result(res);
+
+        if !succeeded {
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
     }
 
     Ok(())