diff --git a/progress.go b/progress.go
index 6ffc7df..ced2956 100644
--- a/progress.go
+++ b/progress.go
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@
 				for i := 0; i == 0 || <-update; i++ {
 					if err := s.render(w); err != nil {
 						_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(s.debugOut, err.Error())
+						break
 					}
 					s.hm.state(update)
 				}