diff --git a/xdg.c b/xdg.c
index b206427..e4b252d 100644
--- a/xdg.c
+++ b/xdg.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void dataMkdir(const char *path) {
 	const char *dirs = NULL;
 	path = dataPath(&dirs, path);
 	int error = mkdir(path, S_IRWXU);
-	if (error && errno != EEXIST) warn("%s", path);
+	if (error && errno != EEXIST) err(EX_CANTCREAT, "%s", path);
 }
 
 FILE *dataOpen(const char *path, const char *mode) {