diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9900553..308c167 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## HEAD
 
+- Fix: Partial output of the document is now written to disk in a `RUNDOC_FAILED.md` file (https://github.com/zombocom/rundoc/pull/69)
+
 ## 3.0.1
 
 - Fix: Save in-progress work in the "failure" directory when the rundoc command is interrupted via a signal such as `SIGTERM` (https://github.com/zombocom/rundoc/pull/67)
diff --git a/lib/rundoc/cli.rb b/lib/rundoc/cli.rb
index 7371a96..1426a8d 100644
--- a/lib/rundoc/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/rundoc/cli.rb
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def call
         output = begin
           parser.to_md
         rescue StandardError, SignalException => e
-          warn "Received exception: #{e.inspect}, cleaning up before re-raise"
+          io.puts "Received exception: #{e.inspect}, cleaning up before re-raise"
           on_fail
           raise e
         end
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ def call
         from: execution_context.output_dir,
         to: on_failure_dir
       )
+
+      on_failure_dir.join("RUNDOC_FAILED.md").write(Rundoc::CodeSection.partial_result_to_doc)
     end
 
     private def on_success(output)
diff --git a/lib/rundoc/code_section.rb b/lib/rundoc/code_section.rb
index 118fed3..b9d4537 100644
--- a/lib/rundoc/code_section.rb
+++ b/lib/rundoc/code_section.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ def initialize(options = {})
     AUTOGEN_WARNING = "\n<!-- STOP. This document is autogenerated. Do not manually modify. See the top of the doc for more details. -->"
     attr_accessor :original, :fence, :lang, :code, :commands, :keyword
 
+    PARTIAL_RESULT = []
+    PARTIAL_ENV = {}
+
     def initialize(match, keyword:, context:)
       @original = match.to_s
       @commands = []
@@ -40,6 +43,8 @@ def initialize(match, keyword:, context:)
       @lang = match[:lang]
       @code = match[:contents]
       parse_code_command
+      PARTIAL_RESULT.clear
+      PARTIAL_ENV.clear
     end
 
     def render
@@ -69,10 +74,21 @@ def render
         tmp_result << code_output if code_command.render_result?
 
         result << tmp_result unless code_command.hidden?
+
+        PARTIAL_RESULT.replace(result)
+        PARTIAL_ENV.replace(env)
       end
 
       return "" if hidden?
 
+      self.class.to_doc(result: result, env: env)
+    end
+
+    def self.partial_result_to_doc
+      to_doc(result: PARTIAL_RESULT, env: PARTIAL_ENV)
+    end
+
+    def self.to_doc(result:, env:)
       array = [env[:before]]
 
       result.flatten!
diff --git a/test/integration/failure_test.rb b/test/integration/failure_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dac8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/failure_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+require "test_helper"
+
+class IntegrationFailureTest < Minitest::Test
+  def test_writes_to_dir_on_failure
+    Dir.mktmpdir do |dir|
+      Dir.chdir(dir) do
+        dir = Pathname(dir)
+
+        source_path = dir.join("RUNDOC.md")
+        source_path.write <<~EOF
+          ```
+          :::>> $ mkdir lol
+          :::>> $ touch lol/rofl.txt
+          :::>> $ touch does/not/exist.txt
+          ```
+        EOF
+
+        io = StringIO.new
+
+        error = nil
+        begin
+          Rundoc::CLI.new(
+            io: io,
+            source_path: source_path,
+            on_success_dir: dir.join(SUCCESS_DIRNAME)
+          ).call
+        rescue => e
+          error = e
+        end
+
+        assert error
+        assert_includes error.message, "exited with non zero status"
+
+        refute dir.join(SUCCESS_DIRNAME).join("lol").exist?
+        refute dir.join(SUCCESS_DIRNAME).join("lol").join("rofl.txt").exist?
+
+        assert dir.join(FAILURE_DIRNAME).join("lol").exist?
+        assert dir.join(FAILURE_DIRNAME).join("lol").join("rofl.txt").exist?
+
+        doc = dir.join(FAILURE_DIRNAME).join("RUNDOC_FAILED.md").read
+        assert_includes doc, "$ mkdir lol"
+        assert_includes doc, "$ touch lol/rofl.txt"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end