diff --git a/lib/modules/deployment/index.js b/lib/modules/deployment/index.js
index aa87ab3f..1ea9064f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/deployment/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/deployment/index.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class DeployManager {
             self.events.request('deploy:contract', contract, (err) => {
               if (err) {
                 contract.error = err.message || err;
+                self.logger.error(err.message || err);
                 errors.push(err);
               }
               callback();
@@ -80,10 +81,9 @@ class DeployManager {
         try {
           async.auto(contractDeploys, function(_err, _results) {
             if (errors.length) {
-              self.logger.error(__("error deploying contracts"));
-              errors.forEach(error => {
-                self.logger.error(error.message || error);
-              });
+              _err = __("Error deploying contracts. Please fix errors to continue.");
+              self.logger.error(_err);
+              return done(_err);
             }
             if (contracts.length === 0) {
               self.logger.info(__("no contracts found"));