diff --git a/crates/remote/src/transport.rs b/crates/remote/src/transport.rs
index ebf643352fce8a14d88b7c870b177d2c6b7e7de0..2dedf7ace0d7eab7daf34cc8e183f84ef5f9126a 100644
--- a/crates/remote/src/transport.rs
+++ b/crates/remote/src/transport.rs
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ fn handle_rpc_messages_over_child_process_stdio(
             }
         };
         let status = remote_proxy_process.status().await?.code().unwrap_or(1);
+        if status != 0 {
+            anyhow::bail!("Remote server exited with status {status}");
+        }
         match result {
             Ok(_) => Ok(status),
             Err(error) => Err(error),
diff --git a/crates/remote/src/transport/docker.rs b/crates/remote/src/transport/docker.rs
index 9c14aa874941a5cdcd824d4adaeb41d694e347d8..1d84181285b19b2f1e2cca57783e77ab74b6bca2 100644
--- a/crates/remote/src/transport/docker.rs
+++ b/crates/remote/src/transport/docker.rs
@@ -582,19 +582,21 @@ impl RemoteConnection for DockerExecConnection {
             return Task::ready(Err(anyhow!("Remote binary path not set")));
         };
 
-        let mut docker_args = vec![
-            "exec".to_string(),
-            "-w".to_string(),
-            self.remote_dir_for_server.clone(),
-            "-i".to_string(),
-            self.connection_options.container_id.to_string(),
-        ];
+        let mut docker_args = vec!["exec".to_string()];
         for env_var in ["RUST_LOG", "RUST_BACKTRACE", "ZED_GENERATE_MINIDUMPS"] {
             if let Some(value) = std::env::var(env_var).ok() {
                 docker_args.push("-e".to_string());
                 docker_args.push(format!("{}='{}'", env_var, value));
             }
         }
+
+        docker_args.extend([
+            "-w".to_string(),
+            self.remote_dir_for_server.clone(),
+            "-i".to_string(),
+            self.connection_options.container_id.to_string(),
+        ]);
+
         let val = remote_binary_relpath
             .display(self.path_style())
             .into_owned();