diff --git a/executor/linux/step.go b/executor/linux/step.go
index 9184ef96..ff7ccfe0 100644
--- a/executor/linux/step.go
+++ b/executor/linux/step.go
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ func (c *client) ExecStep(ctx context.Context, ctn *pipeline.Container) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		_step.SetStatus(constants.StatusError)
 		_step.SetError(err.Error())
+
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/executor/local/step.go b/executor/local/step.go
index dc34bb12..67b6b28f 100644
--- a/executor/local/step.go
+++ b/executor/local/step.go
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ func (c *client) ExecStep(ctx context.Context, ctn *pipeline.Container) error {
 	// run the runtime container
 	err = c.Runtime.RunContainer(ctx, ctn, c.pipeline)
 	if err != nil {
+		_step.SetStatus(constants.StatusError)
+		_step.SetError(err.Error())
 		return err
 	}