diff --git a/comptplus.go b/comptplus.go
index 6940b83..d6eba46 100644
--- a/comptplus.go
+++ b/comptplus.go
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ type CobraPrompt struct {
 	OnErrorFunc func(err error)
 
 	// HookAfter is a hook that will be executed every time after a command has been executed
-	HookAfter func(cmd *cobra.Command, input string)
+	HookAfter func(cmd *cobra.Command, input string) error
 
 	// HookBefore is a hook that will be executed every time before a command is executed
-	HookBefore func(cmd *cobra.Command, input string)
+	HookBefore func(cmd *cobra.Command, input string) error
 
 	// InArgsParser adds a custom parser for the command line arguments (default: strings.Fields)
 	InArgsParser func(args string) []string
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ func (co *CobraPrompt) RunContext(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	if co.HookBefore == nil {
-		co.HookBefore = func(_ *cobra.Command, _ string) {}
+		co.HookBefore = func(_ *cobra.Command, _ string) error { return nil }
 	}
 
 	if co.HookAfter == nil {
-		co.HookAfter = func(_ *cobra.Command, _ string) {}
+		co.HookAfter = func(_ *cobra.Command, _ string) error { return nil }
 	}
 
 	if co.CustomFlagResetBehaviour == nil {
@@ -149,20 +149,34 @@ func (co *CobraPrompt) executeCommand(ctx context.Context) func(string) {
 		os.Args = append([]string{os.Args[0]}, args...)
 		executedCmd, _, _ := co.RootCmd.Find(os.Args[1:])
 
-		co.HookBefore(executedCmd, input)
+		if err := co.HookBefore(executedCmd, input); err != nil {
+			co.handleUserError(err)
+			return
+		}
 
 		if err := co.RootCmd.ExecuteContext(ctx); err != nil {
-			if co.OnErrorFunc != nil {
-				co.OnErrorFunc(err)
-			} else {
-				co.RootCmd.PrintErrln(err)
-				os.Exit(1)
-			}
+			co.handleUserError(err)
+			return
 		}
+
 		if !co.PersistFlagValues {
 			co.resetFlagsToDefault(executedCmd)
 		}
-		co.HookAfter(executedCmd, input)
+
+		if err := co.HookAfter(executedCmd, input); err != nil {
+			co.handleUserError(err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// handleUserError is a utility function to handle errors.
+func (co *CobraPrompt) handleUserError(err error) {
+	if co.OnErrorFunc != nil {
+		co.OnErrorFunc(err)
+	} else {
+		co.RootCmd.PrintErrln(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }