diff --git a/diffgeoIII/compile.sh b/diffgeoIII/compile.sh
index 5c43c0874dd88929c6a863ab2ca7ee24538246b1..53d15ed91ed2a589b1157bc630624772b5d5a274 100755
--- a/diffgeoIII/compile.sh
+++ b/diffgeoIII/compile.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 cp edit-this-file.tex tmp.tex
 python3 preprocessor.py
 pandoc -f org -t latex tmp.tex -s -o for-compile.tex --metadata-file meta.yaml --template="latex.template"
+exitcode=$?
+if [[ $exitcode == 0 ]]
+then
+  echo "pandoc worked"
+else
+  echo "pandoc complained"
+  exit $exitcode
+fi
+
 python3 postprocessor.py
 
 # clear && clear