diff --git a/distributions/nuxt-legacy/bin/nuxt-legacy.js b/distributions/nuxt-legacy/bin/nuxt-legacy.js
index 041e3798fb..04043f2f23 100755
--- a/distributions/nuxt-legacy/bin/nuxt-legacy.js
+++ b/distributions/nuxt-legacy/bin/nuxt-legacy.js
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ require('@babel/register')({
 
 const suffix = require('../package.json').name.includes('-edge') ? '-edge' : ''
 require('@nuxt/cli' + suffix).run()
+  .catch((error) => {
+    require('consola').fatal(error)
+    process.exit(2)
+  })
diff --git a/distributions/nuxt-start/bin/nuxt-start.js b/distributions/nuxt-start/bin/nuxt-start.js
index da15dfd48d..d3b7f83011 100755
--- a/distributions/nuxt-start/bin/nuxt-start.js
+++ b/distributions/nuxt-start/bin/nuxt-start.js
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ if (process.argv[2] !== 'start') {
 
 const suffix = require('../package.json').name.includes('-edge') ? '-edge' : ''
 require('@nuxt/cli' + suffix).run()
+  .catch((error) => {
+    require('consola').fatal(error)
+    process.exit(2)
+  })
diff --git a/distributions/nuxt-ts/bin/nuxt-ts.js b/distributions/nuxt-ts/bin/nuxt-ts.js
index 52e5c306a1..971895d5ec 100755
--- a/distributions/nuxt-ts/bin/nuxt-ts.js
+++ b/distributions/nuxt-ts/bin/nuxt-ts.js
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ require('ts-node').register({
 
 const suffix = require('../package.json').name.includes('-edge') ? '-edge' : ''
 require('@nuxt/cli' + suffix).run()
+  .catch((error) => {
+    require('consola').fatal(error)
+    process.exit(2)
+  })
diff --git a/distributions/nuxt/bin/nuxt.js b/distributions/nuxt/bin/nuxt.js
index 307c8f5e2a..25ea739baf 100755
--- a/distributions/nuxt/bin/nuxt.js
+++ b/distributions/nuxt/bin/nuxt.js
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 
 const suffix = require('../package.json').name.includes('-edge') ? '-edge' : ''
 require('@nuxt/cli' + suffix).run()
+  .catch((error) => {
+    require('consola').fatal(error)
+    process.exit(2)
+  })
diff --git a/packages/cli/bin/nuxt-cli.js b/packages/cli/bin/nuxt-cli.js
index 1425f944ca..63fe65902b 100755
--- a/packages/cli/bin/nuxt-cli.js
+++ b/packages/cli/bin/nuxt-cli.js
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 require('../dist/cli.js').run()
   .catch((error) => {
     require('consola').fatal(error)
-    process.exit(1)
+    process.exit(2)
   })