diff --git a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_hledger.bash b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_hledger.bash
index d850cc6..d17dd7b 100644
--- a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_hledger.bash
+++ b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_hledger.bash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # docker-finance | modern accounting for the power-user
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2021-2025 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2026 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -167,7 +167,12 @@ function lib_hledger::__hledger-vui()
   [ -z "$global_conf_visidata" ] && lib_utils::die_fatal
 
   local -r _visidata=("--visidata-dir" "$global_conf_visidata" "--motd-url" "file:///dev/null" "--filetype" "csv")
-  visidata "${_visidata[@]}" < <(hledger "${global_base_args[@]}" print -O csv "$@")
+  local -r _hledger=("hledger" "${global_base_args[@]}" "print" "-O" "csv" "$@")
+
+  # If hledger command is valid, output into visidata
+  if "${_hledger[@]}" 1>/dev/null; then
+    visidata "${_visidata[@]}" < <("${_hledger[@]}")
+  fi
 }
 
 function lib_hledger::__hledger-web()
@@ -183,7 +188,7 @@ function lib_hledger::__hledger-web()
   sleep 3s
 
   if ! ps -p "$_pid" 1>/dev/null; then
-    lib_utils::print_error "hledger-web failed. See above error message"
+    lib_utils::die_fatal "hledger-web failed. See above error message"
   else
     lib_utils::print_info "hledger-web started (PID ${_pid}). Point web browser to $_url"
   fi