diff --git a/bib/pkg/progress/progress.go b/bib/pkg/progress/progress.go
index 1e1a3a5..44f7da7 100644
--- a/bib/pkg/progress/progress.go
+++ b/bib/pkg/progress/progress.go
@@ -368,10 +368,12 @@ func runOSBuildWithProgress(pb ProgressBar, manifest []byte, store, outputDirect
 	}
 	wp.Close()
 
+	var statusErrs []error
 	for {
 		st, err := osbuildStatus.Status()
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error reading osbuild status: %w", err)
+			statusErrs = append(statusErrs, err)
+			continue
 		}
 		if st == nil {
 			break
@@ -392,6 +394,9 @@ func runOSBuildWithProgress(pb ProgressBar, manifest []byte, store, outputDirect
 	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error running osbuild: %w\nOutput:\n%s", err, stdio.String())
 	}
+	if len(statusErrs) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("errors parsing osbuild status:\n%w", errors.Join(statusErrs...))
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/bib/pkg/progress/progress_test.go b/bib/pkg/progress/progress_test.go
index 31734ec..8bd2f93 100644
--- a/bib/pkg/progress/progress_test.go
+++ b/bib/pkg/progress/progress_test.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func makeFakeOsbuild(t *testing.T, content string) string {
 	return p
 }
 
-func TestRunOSBuildWithProgress(t *testing.T) {
+func TestRunOSBuildWithProgressErrorReporting(t *testing.T) {
 	restore := progress.MockOsbuildCmd(makeFakeOsbuild(t, `echo osbuild-stdout-output
 >&2 echo osbuild-stderr-output
 exit 112
@@ -156,3 +156,17 @@ osbuild-stdout-output
 osbuild-stderr-output
 `)
 }
+
+func TestRunOSBuildWithProgressIncorrectJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	restore := progress.MockOsbuildCmd(makeFakeOsbuild(t, `echo osbuild-stdout-output
+>&2 echo osbuild-stderr-output
+>&3 echo invalid-json
+`))
+	defer restore()
+
+	pbar, err := progress.New("debug")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	err = progress.RunOSBuild(pbar, []byte(`{"fake":"manifest"}`), "", "", nil, nil)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, `errors parsing osbuild status:
+cannot scan line "invalid-json": invalid character 'i' looking for beginning of value`)
+}