diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14a1c05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use std::fmt::{self, Display};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct SilentExit {
+    pub code: i32,
+}
+
+impl Display for SilentExit {
+    fn fmt(&self, _: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 012f85c..daf7d0f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 mod config;
 mod db;
 mod dir;
+mod error;
 mod subcommand;
 mod util;
 
+use crate::error::SilentExit;
+
 use anyhow::Result;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
+use std::process;
+
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
 #[structopt(about = "A cd command that learns your habits", version = env!("ZOXIDE_VERSION"))]
 enum Zoxide {
@@ -20,13 +25,16 @@ enum Zoxide {
 pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let opt = Zoxide::from_args();
 
-    match opt {
-        Zoxide::Add(add) => add.run()?,
-        Zoxide::Import(import) => import.run()?,
-        Zoxide::Init(init) => init.run()?,
-        Zoxide::Query(query) => query.run()?,
-        Zoxide::Remove(remove) => remove.run()?,
+    let res = match opt {
+        Zoxide::Add(add) => add.run(),
+        Zoxide::Import(import) => import.run(),
+        Zoxide::Init(init) => init.run(),
+        Zoxide::Query(query) => query.run(),
+        Zoxide::Remove(remove) => remove.run(),
     };
 
-    Ok(())
+    res.map_err(|e| match e.downcast::<SilentExit>() {
+        Ok(SilentExit { code }) => process::exit(code),
+        Err(e) => e,
+    })
 }
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index ade9f43..b05fd67 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::config;
 use crate::db::DB;
 use crate::dir::{Dir, Epoch};
+use crate::error::SilentExit;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context, Result};
 
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ where
         Some(2) => bail!("fzf returned an error"),
 
         // terminated by a signal
+        Some(code @ 130) => bail!(SilentExit { code }),
         Some(128..=254) | None => bail!("fzf was terminated"),
 
         // unknown