diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 924f33ab..b87919b0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ A preview of the next release can be installed from
 
 - [#1592](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1592): expose `sci.core` in babashka
 - [#1596](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1596): Fix `clojure.java.browse/browse-url` truncates URLs with multiple query parameters on Windows
+- [#1599](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1599): propagate error from `run` when task does not exist
 
 ## 1.3.182 (2023-07-20)
 
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj b/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
index 3440ede3..3fe45785 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
    [babashka.impl.process :as pp]
    [babashka.process :as p]
    [clojure.core.async :refer [<!!]]
-   [clojure.java.io :as io]
    [clojure.string :as str]
    [rewrite-clj.node :as node]
    [rewrite-clj.parser :as parser]
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@
   (let [log-level @log-level]
     (when
         ;; do not log when level is :error
-        (identical? :info log-level)
+     (identical? :info log-level)
       (binding [*out* *err*]
         (println (format "[bb %s]" (:name @task)) (str/join " " strs))))))
 
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@
   "Used internally for debugging"
   [& strs]
   (locking o
-    (apply  prn strs)))
+    (apply prn strs)))
 
 (defn wait-tasks [deps]
   (if deps
@@ -386,7 +385,7 @@
         loc (zip/down loc)]
     (into []
           (comp
-           (take-nth 2 )
+           (take-nth 2)
            (take-while #(not (zip/end? %)))
            (filter zip/sexpr-able?)
            (map zip/sexpr)
@@ -426,8 +425,11 @@
   ([task] (run task nil))
   ([task {:keys [:parallel]
           :or {parallel (:parallel (current-task))}}]
-   (let [[[expr]] (assemble-task task parallel)]
-     (sci/eval-string* (ctx) expr))))
+   (let [[[expr] exit-code] (assemble-task task parallel)]
+     (if (or (nil? exit-code) (zero? exit-code))
+       (sci/eval-string* (ctx) expr)
+       (throw (ex-info nil
+                       {:babashka/exit exit-code}))))))
 
 (defn exec
   ([sym]
diff --git a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
index 69a6a949..a565a0ac 100644
--- a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
@@ -528,3 +528,6 @@ even more stuff here\"
 (deftest adjacent-bb-edn-test
   (is (= {1 {:id 1}} (bb "test-resources/adjacent_bb/medley.bb")))
   (is (= {1 {:id 1}} (bb "-f" "test-resources/adjacent_bb/medley.bb"))))
+
+(deftest non-existing-tasks-in-run-gives-exit-code-1
+  (is (thrown? Exception (bb "-Sdeps" "{:tasks {foo {:task (run (quote bar))}}}" "foo"))))