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-rw-r--r--guix/ui.scm10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/ui.scm b/guix/ui.scm
index 7490de080c..2140c2e50b 100644
--- a/guix/ui.scm
+++ b/guix/ui.scm
@@ -446,8 +446,14 @@ interpreted."
       (lambda ()
         (eval exp (force %guix-user-module)))
       (lambda args
-        (leave (_ "failed to evaluate expression `~a': ~s~%")
-               exp args)))))
+        (report-error (_ "failed to evaluate expression '~a':~%") exp)
+        (match args
+          (('syntax-error proc message properties form . rest)
+           (report-error (_ "syntax error: ~a~%") message))
+          ((error args ...)
+           (apply display-error #f (current-error-port) args))
+          (what? #f))
+        (exit 1)))))
 
 (define (read/eval-package-expression str)
   "Read and evaluate STR and return the package it refers to, or exit an