diff --git a/pyporter/pyporter.py b/pyporter/pyporter.py
index 41425c4c046703b7ae95ac9720b2527a49547bdc..d9dab65aa03ade2ffa5964db496873ac2a0f0355 100755
--- a/pyporter/pyporter.py
+++ b/pyporter/pyporter.py
@@ -348,12 +348,14 @@ def download_source(porter, tgtpath):
             if s_info.get("md5") == _hash:
                 print("Same source file exists, skip")
                 return True
-    try:
-        subprocess.call(["wget", s_url, "-P", tgtpath])
-        return True
-    except Exception as e:
-        print(f"Failed to download source: {str(e)}")
+   
+    ret= subprocess.call(["wget", s_url, "-P", tgtpath])
+    if ret!=0:
+        logger.error(f"Failed to download source from {s_url}...")
+        print(f"Failed to download source from {s_url}")
         return False
+    else:
+        return True
 
 
 def prepare_rpm_build_env(root):