diff --git a/scripts/lint/main.ts b/scripts/lint/main.ts
index 0a6ac2b383..b6cc65b51e 100755
--- a/scripts/lint/main.ts
+++ b/scripts/lint/main.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const stylesheets = walk(join(REPO_ROOT, "styles", subDir), {
   match: [/\.user.css$/],
 });
 
+let failed = false;
+
 for await (const entry of stylesheets) {
   const repodir = dirname(entry.path);
   const repo = basename(repodir);
@@ -33,8 +35,9 @@ for await (const entry of stylesheets) {
   if (!isLess) continue;
 
   // try to compile the less file, report any errors
-  less.render(content, { lint: true, globalVars }).then().catch(
-    (err) => {
+  less.render(content, { lint: true, globalVars }).catch(
+    (err: Less.RenderError) => {
+      failed = true;
       log(
         err.message,
         { file, startLine: err.line, endLine: err.line, content },
@@ -44,10 +47,14 @@ for await (const entry of stylesheets) {
   );
 
   // advanced linting with stylelint
-  await lint(entry, content, flags.fix);
+  await lint(entry, content, flags.fix).catch(() => failed = true);
 }
 
 // if any files are missing, cause the workflow to fail
 if (await checkForMissingFiles() === false) {
+  failed = true;
+}
+
+if (failed) {
   Deno.exit(1);
 }
diff --git a/scripts/lint/stylelint.ts b/scripts/lint/stylelint.ts
index 81138ee047..96ab17401d 100644
--- a/scripts/lint/stylelint.ts
+++ b/scripts/lint/stylelint.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ import "npm:stylelint-config-recommended";
 import { REPO_ROOT } from "@/deps.ts";
 import { log } from "@/lint/logger.ts";
 
-export const lint = async (entry: WalkEntry, content: string, fix: boolean) => {
-  const file = relative(REPO_ROOT, entry.path);
-
-  await stylelint.lint({ files: entry.path, fix })
+export const lint = (entry: WalkEntry, content: string, fix: boolean) =>
+  stylelint.lint({ files: entry.path, fix })
     .then(({ results }) => {
       results.map((result) => {
         result.warnings.map((warning) => {
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ export const lint = async (entry: WalkEntry, content: string, fix: boolean) => {
           ) ?? "unspecified stylelint error";
 
           log(message, {
-            file,
+            file: relative(REPO_ROOT, entry.path),
             startLine: warning.line,
             endLine: warning.endLine,
             startColumn: warning.column,
@@ -32,6 +30,6 @@ export const lint = async (entry: WalkEntry, content: string, fix: boolean) => {
             content,
           }, warning.severity);
         });
+        if (result.warnings.length > 0) throw new Error("stylelint error");
       });
     });
-};