diff --git a/lib/que/command_line_interface.rb b/lib/que/command_line_interface.rb
index 7e9f2e67..7d39d03d 100644
--- a/lib/que/command_line_interface.rb
+++ b/lib/que/command_line_interface.rb
@@ -196,12 +196,7 @@ def parse(
         end
 
         args.each do |file|
-          begin
-            require file
-          rescue LoadError => e
-            output.puts "Could not load file '#{file}': #{e}"
-            return 1
-          end
+            require File.expand_path(file)
         end
 
         Que.logger ||= Logger.new(STDOUT)
diff --git a/spec/que/command_line_interface_spec.rb b/spec/que/command_line_interface_spec.rb
index 7ee69c31..63af2c88 100644
--- a/spec/que/command_line_interface_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/que/command_line_interface_spec.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def write_file
     it "should infer the default require file if it exists" do
       filename = write_file
 
-      assert_successful_invocation "", default_require_file: "./#{filename}.rb"
+      assert_successful_invocation "", default_require_file: "#{filename}.rb"
 
       assert_equal(
         {filename => true},
@@ -161,10 +161,7 @@ def write_file
 
     it "should raise an error if any of the files don't exist" do
       name = write_file
-      code = execute "./#{name} ./nonexistent_file"
-      assert_equal 1, code
-
-      assert_equal ["Could not load file './nonexistent_file': cannot load such file -- ./nonexistent_file"], output.messages
+      assert_raises(LoadError) { execute "#{name} ./nonexistent_file" }
 
       assert_equal(
         {name => true},