diff --git a/src/command/supergraph/compose/do_compose.rs b/src/command/supergraph/compose/do_compose.rs
index 0439a83bf..2b5bf9653 100644
--- a/src/command/supergraph/compose/do_compose.rs
+++ b/src/command/supergraph/compose/do_compose.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use semver::Version;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::io::Read;
 use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
+use tokio::join;
 use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
 
 use rover_client::shared::GraphRef;
@@ -195,12 +196,14 @@ impl Compose {
             let runner =
                 crate::composition::runner::Runner::new(supergraph_config, supergraph_binary);
             let mut messages = runner.run().await?;
-            tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+            let join_handle = tokio::task::spawn(async move {
                 while let Some(message) = messages.next().await {
                     eprintln!("{:?}", message);
                 }
             });
 
+            join!(join_handle).0?;
+
             return Ok(RoverOutput::EmptySuccess);
         }
         let mut supergraph_config = get_supergraph_config(