diff --git a/command-line.c b/command-line.c
index 8bfc8e2..1545a9f 100644
--- a/command-line.c
+++ b/command-line.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ int command_line_convert_gds(const char *gds_name,
 			      double scale)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
+	int render_ret;
 	GList *libs = NULL;
 	int res;
 	GList *renderer_list = NULL;
@@ -163,7 +164,14 @@ int command_line_convert_gds(const char *gds_name,
 
 	/* Load layer_settings */
 	layer_sett = layer_settings_new();
-	layer_settings_load_from_csv(layer_sett, layer_file);
+	if (!layer_sett)
+		goto return_value;
+
+	ret = layer_settings_load_from_csv(layer_sett, layer_file);
+	if (ret) {
+		fprintf(stderr, _("Loading layer mapping file failed.\n"));
+		goto ret_destroy_layer_mapping;
+	}
 
 	/* Create renderers */
 	if (create_renderers(renderers, output_file_names, tex_layers, tex_standalone,
@@ -221,7 +229,9 @@ int command_line_convert_gds(const char *gds_name,
 	/* Execute all rendererer instances */
 	for (list_iter = renderer_list; list_iter; list_iter = list_iter->next) {
 		current_renderer = GDS_RENDER_OUTPUT_RENDERER(list_iter->data);
-		gds_output_renderer_render_output(current_renderer, toplevel_cell, scale);
+		render_ret = gds_output_renderer_render_output(current_renderer, toplevel_cell, scale);
+		if (render_ret)
+			fprintf(stderr, "Rendering failed with error code: %d\n", render_ret);
 	}
 
 ret_destroy_library_list:
@@ -231,6 +241,7 @@ ret_clear_renderers:
 		g_object_unref(list_iter->data);
 ret_destroy_layer_mapping:
 	g_object_unref(layer_sett);
+return_value:
 	return ret;
 }