diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 149a43a..d058e70 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "genius-cli"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "colored_json",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 00b5c11..a46989f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "genius-cli"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A command-line interface for Genius.com"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 063a45f..5d31abb 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::env;
+use std::{env, process::exit};
 
 use clap::{Arg, Command};
 use colored_json::ToColoredJson;
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ fn cli() -> Command<'static> {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     if env::var("GENIUS_TOKEN").unwrap().is_empty() {
-        panic!("Please set the GENIUS_TOKEN environment variable");
+        println!("Please set the GENIUS_TOKEN environment variable");
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     let genius = Genius::new(env::var("GENIUS_TOKEN").unwrap());