diff --git a/cmd/httpx/httpx.go b/cmd/httpx/httpx.go
index d442b9e..4a2d584 100644
--- a/cmd/httpx/httpx.go
+++ b/cmd/httpx/httpx.go
@@ -224,7 +224,10 @@ retry:
 	// store responses in directory
 	if scanopts.StoreResponse {
 		responsePath := path.Join(scanopts.StoreResponseDirectory, domain+".txt")
-		ioutil.WriteFile(responsePath, []byte(resp.Raw), 0644)
+		err := ioutil.WriteFile(responsePath, []byte(resp.Raw), 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			gologger.Fatalf("Could not write response, at path '%s', to disc.", responsePath)
+		}
 	}
 
 	output <- Result{URL: fullURL, ContentLength: resp.ContentLength, StatusCode: resp.StatusCode, Title: title, str: builder.String(), VHost: isvhost}