diff --git a/.changeset/odd-coats-stick.md b/.changeset/odd-coats-stick.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccb2a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/odd-coats-stick.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@bomb.sh/tools": patch
+---
+
+`format` CLI command respects internal format call and passes the exit code to the user.
diff --git a/src/commands/format.ts b/src/commands/format.ts
index 4e015d5..9269e22 100644
--- a/src/commands/format.ts
+++ b/src/commands/format.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import { local } from '../utils.ts';
 const config = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../oxfmtrc.json', import.meta.url));
 
 export async function format(ctx: CommandContext) {
-	const stdio = x(local('oxfmt'), ['-c', config, ...ctx.args]);
+	const result = x(local('oxfmt'), ['-c', config, ...ctx.args]);
 
-	for await (const line of stdio) {
+	for await (const line of result) {
 		console.info(line);
 	}
+	if (result.exitCode !== 0) process.exit(result.exitCode!);
 }