diff --git a/lib/tail.js b/lib/tail.js
index de135bd..635bcd2 100644
--- a/lib/tail.js
+++ b/lib/tail.js
@@ -20,14 +20,10 @@ var Tail = function (path, options) {
         tail = spawn('tail', ['-n', options.buffer, '-F', path]);
     }
 
-    tail.on('close', function () {
-        //kill the process if the tail is closed
-        process.exit();
-    });
-
     tail.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
-        //if there is any error then display it in the console.
+        //if there is any error then display it in the console and then kill the tail.
         console.error(data.toString());
+        process.exit();
     });
 
     tail.stdout.on('data', function (data) {