diff --git a/src/qemu_qmp.sh b/src/qemu_qmp.sh
index d4903bd..2070cac 100644
--- a/src/qemu_qmp.sh
+++ b/src/qemu_qmp.sh
@@ -78,18 +78,25 @@ while getopts ":hvrqsSVRc" option; do
          [ -z "$PID" ] && exit 1
          while true; do # Wait for command exit
             RETURN_JSON=`echo '{"execute": "guest-exec-status", "arguments": { "pid": '${PID}'}}' | nc -w 1 -U /run/qga.sock`
+            #echo >&2 "RETURN_JSON: $RETURN_JSON"
             export EXITCODE=`echo $RETURN_JSON | sed -n 's/.*"exitcode": \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p'`
             export OUT_DATA=`echo $RETURN_JSON | sed -n 's/.*"out-data": "\([^"]*\).*/\1/p' | base64 -d`
+            export ERR_DATA=`echo $RETURN_JSON | sed -n 's/.*"err-data": "\([^"]*\).*/\1/p' | base64 -d`
             export EXITED=`echo $RETURN_JSON | sed -n 's/.*"exited": \(true\|false\).*/\1/p'`
             if [ "$EXITED" = "true" ]; then
                break
             fi
             sleep 1
          done
-         echo "$OUT_DATA" # Return stdout
+         if [ -n "$OUT_DATA" ]; then 
+            echo "$OUT_DATA" # Return stdout
+         fi
          if [ -z "$EXITCODE" ]; then # Exit code handling
             exit 1
          else
+            if [ $EXITCODE != 0 ]; then
+               echo >&2 "Command error \"$ERR_DATA\" (exit code \"$EXITCODE\")"
+            fi
             exit "$EXITCODE"
          fi;;
      \?) # Invalid option