diff --git a/docs/source/changes.md b/docs/source/changes.md
index a16f37f35..342675960 100644
--- a/docs/source/changes.md
+++ b/docs/source/changes.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ chronological order. Releases follow [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/)
 releases are available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pytask) and
 [Anaconda.org](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pytask).
 
+## 0.5.2 - 2024-09-15
+
+- {pull}`640` stops the live display when an exception happened during the execution.
+
 ## 0.5.1 - 2024-07-20
 
 - {pull}`616` and {pull}`632` redesign the guide on "Scaling Tasks".
diff --git a/src/_pytask/live.py b/src/_pytask/live.py
index ab6db556a..6ea7c308a 100644
--- a/src/_pytask/live.py
+++ b/src/_pytask/live.py
@@ -174,14 +174,15 @@ class LiveExecution:
     def pytask_execute_build(self) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
         """Wrap the execution with the live manager and yield a table at the end."""
         self.live_manager.start()
-        result = yield
-        self.live_manager.stop(transient=True)
-        table = self._generate_table(
-            reduce_table=False, sort_table=self.sort_final_table, add_caption=False
-        )
-        if table is not None:
-            console.print(table)
-        return result
+        try:
+            return (yield)
+        finally:
+            self.live_manager.stop(transient=True)
+            table = self._generate_table(
+                reduce_table=False, sort_table=self.sort_final_table, add_caption=False
+            )
+            if table is not None:
+                console.print(table)
 
     @hookimpl(tryfirst=True)
     def pytask_execute_task_log_start(self, task: PTask) -> bool: