diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f49704..6dd8d00 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ More information can be found in the [TODO] blog post.
 
 ## Installation
 
-```
+```bash
 go install -u github.com/roblaszczak/vgt
 ```
 
@@ -22,29 +22,38 @@ You can also run without installing by running `go run github.com/roblaszczak/vg
 
 For visualising test results, run `go test` with the `-json` flag and pipe the output to `vgt`.
 
-```
+```bash
 go test -json ./... | vgt
 ```
 
 or with `go run`:
 
-```
+```bash
 go test -json ./... | go run github.com/roblaszczak/vgt@latest
 ```
 
+> [!WARNING]  
+> When you are piping go tests output to `vgt`, `vgt` will exit with 1 when tests failed.
+
+or just `vgt` with a custom flags after `--` to run tests and visualise them:
+
+```bash
+$ vgt -- ./... -count=1 -short
+10:26PM INF Running go test command="[go test -json ./... -count=1 -short]"
+```
+
 After tests were executed, a browser window will open with the visualisation.
 
 If you want to preserve the output, you can pipe test logs to file and later pass it to `vgt`:
 
-```
+```bash
 go test -json ./... > test.json
 cat test.json | vgt
 ```
 
-
 ### Additional flags
 
-```
+```bash
 Usage of vgt:
   -debug
     	enable debug mode
@@ -75,6 +84,6 @@ it looks good.
 
 If you made a change and want to update golden files, you can run:
 
-```
+```bash
 go test . -update-golden
 ```
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 91a0236..7a88063 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	_ "embed"
+	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ func main() {
 	)
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	logLevel := slog.LevelWarn
+	logLevel := slog.LevelInfo
 	if debug {
 		logLevel = slog.LevelDebug
 	}
@@ -65,33 +68,11 @@ func main() {
 		}),
 	))
 
-	var r io.Reader
-
-	if fromFile == "" {
-		sr, err := cancelreader.NewReader(os.Stdin)
-		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("Error creating cancel reader", "err", err)
-			return
-		}
-
-		go func() {
-			<-ctx.Done()
-			sr.Cancel()
-		}()
-
-		r = sr
-	} else {
-		f, err := os.Open(fromFile)
-		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("Error opening file", "err", err)
-			return
-		}
-		defer func() {
-			_ = f.Close()
-		}()
-
-		r = f
+	r, cleanup, exitCode, done := newReader(ctx)
+	if !done {
+		return
 	}
+	defer cleanup()
 
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(r)
 
@@ -112,6 +93,91 @@ func main() {
 	} else {
 		serveHTML(ctx, result)
 	}
+
+	if exitCode != 0 {
+		os.Exit(exitCode)
+	}
+	if result.Failed {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func newReader(ctx context.Context) (io.Reader, func(), int, bool) {
+	fi, err := os.Stdin.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("Error getting stdin stat", "err", err)
+		return nil, nil, 0, false
+	}
+
+	isPipe := (fi.Mode() & os.ModeCharDevice) == 0
+	readFromFile := fromFile != ""
+
+	if isPipe && readFromFile {
+		slog.Error("Can't read from file and stdin at the same time")
+		return nil, nil, 0, false
+	}
+
+	if readFromFile {
+		f, err := os.Open(fromFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("Error opening file", "err", err)
+			return nil, nil, 0, false
+		}
+
+		return f, func() {
+			_ = f.Close()
+		}, 0, true
+	}
+
+	if isPipe {
+		sr, err := cancelreader.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("Error creating cancel reader", "err", err)
+			return nil, nil, 0, false
+		}
+
+		go func() {
+			<-ctx.Done()
+			sr.Cancel()
+		}()
+
+		return sr, func() {}, 0, true
+	}
+
+	r := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
+
+	command := append([]string{"go", "test", "-json"}, flag.Args()...)
+
+	slog.Info("Running go test", "command", command)
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(command[0], command[1:]...)
+	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+	cmd.Stdout = io.MultiWriter(r, os.Stdout)
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+
+	var exitCode int
+
+	err = cmd.Run()
+	var exitErr *exec.ExitError
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.As(err, &exitErr) {
+			// this is expected - tests failed
+			slog.Info("Error running go test", "err", err)
+			exitCode = exitErr.ExitCode()
+		} else {
+			slog.Error("Error running go test", "err", err)
+			return nil, nil, 0, false
+		}
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		<-ctx.Done()
+		_ = cmd.Process.Kill()
+	}()
+
+	return r, func() {
+		_, _ = cmd.Process.Wait()
+	}, exitCode, true
 }
 
 func checkClosing(ctx context.Context) bool {
diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index 3c15046..1c9c6de 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ type ParseResult struct {
 	End   time.Time
 
 	MaxDuration time.Duration
+
+	Failed bool
 }
 
 func (p ParseResult) TestNamesOrderedByStart() []TestName {
@@ -133,6 +135,8 @@ func Parse(scanner *bufio.Scanner) ParseResult {
 
 	maxDuration := time.Duration(0)
 
+	failed := false
+
 	i := 0
 
 	for scanner.Scan() {
@@ -157,6 +161,10 @@ func Parse(scanner *bufio.Scanner) ParseResult {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if out.Action == actionFail {
+			failed = true
+		}
+
 		if !out.Time.IsZero() {
 			if start.IsZero() || out.Time.Before(start) {
 				start = out.Time
@@ -268,5 +276,6 @@ func Parse(scanner *bufio.Scanner) ParseResult {
 		Start:       start,
 		End:         end,
 		MaxDuration: maxDuration,
+		Failed:      failed,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/testdata/golden.json b/testdata/golden.json
index a101fc4..c4baa9a 100644
--- a/testdata/golden.json
+++ b/testdata/golden.json
@@ -4046,5 +4046,6 @@
   },
   "Start": "2024-09-18T21:02:11.282888+02:00",
   "End": "2024-09-18T21:12:13.0365+02:00",
-  "MaxDuration": 262054805000
+  "MaxDuration": 262054805000,
+  "Failed": true
 }
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