diff --git a/cmake/CPM.cmake b/cmake/CPM.cmake
index 0913400..0ac7637 100644
--- a/cmake/CPM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CPM.cmake
@@ -15,8 +15,15 @@ function(download_cpm)
   message(STATUS "Downloading CPM.cmake to ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}")
   file(DOWNLOAD
        https://github.com/cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake/releases/download/v${CPM_DOWNLOAD_VERSION}/CPM.cmake
-       ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}
+       ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION} STATUS CPM_DOWNLOAD_STATUS
   )
+  list(GET CPM_DOWNLOAD_STATUS 0 CPM_DOWNLOAD_STATUS_CODE)
+  list(GET CPM_DOWNLOAD_STATUS 1 CPM_DOWNLOAD_ERROR_MESSAGE)
+  if(${CPM_DOWNLOAD_STATUS_CODE} EQUAL 0)
+    message(STATUS "CPM: Download completed successfully.")
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "CPM: Error occurred during download: ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_ERROR_MESSAGE}")
+  endif()
 endfunction()
 
 if(NOT (EXISTS ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}))