diff --git a/npm/javy-cli/CHANGELOG.md b/npm/javy-cli/CHANGELOG.md
index a4af7e83..eeed983d 100644
--- a/npm/javy-cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/npm/javy-cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## Unreleased
+
+## [0.1.8] - 2023-07-28
+
+### Fixed
+
+- HTTP response status codes other than 200 when downloading Javy binary now throws an error
diff --git a/npm/javy-cli/index.js b/npm/javy-cli/index.js
index 7591d54e..fd4f1916 100755
--- a/npm/javy-cli/index.js
+++ b/npm/javy-cli/index.js
@@ -12,20 +12,33 @@ const REPO = "bytecodealliance/javy";
 const NAME = "javy";
 
 async function main() {
-	const version = await getDesiredVersionNumber();
-	if (!(await isBinaryDownloaded(version))) {
-		if (process.env.FORCE_FROM_SOURCE) {
-			await buildBinary(version);
-		} else {
-			await downloadBinary(version);
+	try {
+		const version = await getDesiredVersionNumber();
+		if (!(await isBinaryDownloaded(version))) {
+			if (process.env.FORCE_FROM_SOURCE) {
+				await buildBinary(version);
+			} else {
+				await downloadBinary(version);
+			}
 		}
-	}
-	const result = childProcess.spawnSync(binaryPath(version), getArgs(), {
-		stdio: "inherit",
-	});
-	process.exitCode = result.status === null ? 1 : result.status;
-	if (result.error?.code === "ENOENT") {
-		console.error("Failed to start Javy. If on Linux, check if glibc is installed.");
+		const result = childProcess.spawnSync(binaryPath(version), getArgs(), {
+			stdio: "inherit",
+		});
+		process.exitCode = result.status === null ? 1 : result.status;
+		if (result.error?.code === "ENOENT") {
+			console.error("Failed to start Javy. If on Linux, check if glibc is installed.");
+		} else if (result.error?.code === "EACCES") {
+			// This can happen if a previous version of javy-cli did not successfully download the binary.
+			// It would have created an empty file at `binaryPath(version)` without the execute bit set,
+			// which would result in an `EACCES` error code.
+			// We delete the cached binary because that cached binary will never run successfully and
+			// stops `javy-cli` from redownloading the binary.
+			console.error(`${NAME} was not downloaded correctly. Please retry.`);
+			fs.unlinkSync(binaryPath(version));
+		}
+	} catch (e) {
+		console.error(e);
+		process.exitCode = 2;
 	}
 }
 main();
@@ -49,10 +62,13 @@ async function isBinaryDownloaded(version) {
 
 async function downloadBinary(version) {
 	const targetPath = binaryPath(version);
-	const compressedStream = await new Promise(async (resolve) => {
+	const compressedStream = await new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
 		const url = binaryUrl(version);
 		console.log(`Downloading ${NAME} ${version} to ${targetPath}`);
 		const resp = await fetch(url);
+		if (resp.status !== 200) {
+			return reject(`Downloading ${NAME} failed with status code of ${resp.status}`);
+		}
 		resolve(resp.body);
 	});
 	const gunzip = gzip.createGunzip();
diff --git a/npm/javy-cli/package-lock.json b/npm/javy-cli/package-lock.json
index 550ff68c..94dabfc4 100644
--- a/npm/javy-cli/package-lock.json
+++ b/npm/javy-cli/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "javy-cli",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "javy-cli",
-      "version": "0.1.7",
+      "version": "0.1.8",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "cachedir": "^2.3.0",
diff --git a/npm/javy-cli/package.json b/npm/javy-cli/package.json
index 4d12ac09..47dc5240 100644
--- a/npm/javy-cli/package.json
+++ b/npm/javy-cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "javy-cli",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "bin": {