diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index d953064..7b5dd15 100644
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -1,22 +1,42 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
+import chalk from 'chalk';
 import microbundle from '.';
 import prog from './prog';
+import { stdout, stderr } from './utils';
 
 const run = opts => {
 	microbundle(opts)
-		.then( output => {
-			if (output!=null) process.stdout.write(output + '\n');
+		.then(output => {
+			if (output!=null) stdout(output);
 			if (!opts.watch) process.exit(0);
 		})
 		.catch(err => {
-			process.stderr.write(String(err.error || err) + '\n');
-			if (typeof(err.code) === 'string') {
-				process.stderr.write('error ' + err.code);
-				process.exit(1);
+			process.exitCode = (typeof err.code === 'number' && err.code) || 1;
+
+			const error = err.error || err;
+			const description = `${error.name ? error.name + ': ' : ''}${error.message || error}`;
+			const message = error.plugin
+				? `(${error.plugin} plugin) ${description}`
+				: description;
+
+			stderr(chalk.bold.red(message));
+
+			if (error.loc) {
+				stderr();
+				stderr(`at ${error.loc.file}:${error.loc.line}:${error.loc.column}`);
 			}
-			else {
-				process.exit(err.code || 1);
+
+			if (error.frame) {
+				stderr();
+				stderr(chalk.dim(error.frame));
 			}
+			else if (err.stack) {
+				const headlessStack = error.stack.replace(message, '');
+				stderr(chalk.dim(headlessStack));
+			}
+
+			stderr();
+			process.exit();
 		});
 };
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index bb0b12f..d1f058c 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import prettyBytes from 'pretty-bytes';
 import shebangPlugin from 'rollup-plugin-preserve-shebang';
 import typescript from 'rollup-plugin-typescript2';
 import flow from './lib/flow-plugin';
-import { readFile, isDir, isFile } from './utils';
+import { readFile, isDir, isFile, stdout, stderr } from './utils';
 import camelCase from 'camelcase';
 
 const removeScope = name => name.replace(/^@.*\//, '');
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ export default async function microbundle(options) {
 		options.pkg = JSON.parse(await readFile(resolve(cwd, 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
 	}
 	catch (err) {
-		process.stderr.write(chalk.yellow(`${chalk.yellow.inverse('WARN')} no package.json found. Assuming a pkg.name of "${basename(options.cwd)}".`) + '\n');
+		stderr(chalk.yellow(`${chalk.yellow.inverse('WARN')} no package.json found. Assuming a pkg.name of "${basename(options.cwd)}".`));
 		let msg = String(err.message || err);
-		if (!msg.match(/ENOENT/)) console.warn(`  ${chalk.red.dim(msg)}`);
+		if (!msg.match(/ENOENT/)) stderr(`  ${chalk.red.dim(msg)}`);
 		options.pkg = {};
 		hasPackageJson = false;
 	}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default async function microbundle(options) {
 	if (!options.pkg.name) {
 		options.pkg.name = basename(options.cwd);
 		if (hasPackageJson) {
-			process.stderr.write(chalk.yellow(`${chalk.yellow.inverse('WARN')} missing package.json "name" field. Assuming "${options.pkg.name}".`) + '\n');
+			stderr(chalk.yellow(`${chalk.yellow.inverse('WARN')} missing package.json "name" field. Assuming "${options.pkg.name}".`));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export default async function microbundle(options) {
 	if (options.watch) {
 		const onBuild = options.onBuild;
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-			process.stdout.write(chalk.blue(`Watching source, compiling to ${relative(cwd, dirname(options.output))}:\n`));
+			stdout(chalk.blue(`Watching source, compiling to ${relative(cwd, dirname(options.output))}:`));
 			steps.map(options => {
 				watch(Object.assign({
 					output: options.outputOptions,
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export default async function microbundle(options) {
 					}
 					if (e.code === 'END') {
 						getSizeInfo(options._code, options.outputOptions.file).then(text => {
-							process.stdout.write(`Wrote ${text.trim()}\n`);
+							stdout(`Wrote ${text.trim()}`);
 						});
 						if (typeof onBuild === 'function') {
 							onBuild(e);
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index acbc6f6..72cb7f2 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ export const readFile = promisify(fs.readFile);
 export const stat = promisify(fs.stat);
 export const isDir = name => stat(name).then( stats => stats.isDirectory() ).catch( () => false );
 export const isFile = name => stat(name).then( stats => stats.isFile() ).catch( () => false );
+export const stdout = console.log.bind(console); // eslint-disable-line no-console
+export const stderr = console.error.bind(console);