diff --git a/scripts/build-host b/scripts/build-host
index 03d60765..7230616a 100755
--- a/scripts/build-host
+++ b/scripts/build-host
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
diff --git a/scripts/clean b/scripts/clean
index 654c724e..8c6b0034 100755
--- a/scripts/clean
+++ b/scripts/clean
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/..
 rm -rf build dist bin images/*/build
diff --git a/scripts/default b/scripts/default
index d17e8165..f41e23da 100755
--- a/scripts/default
+++ b/scripts/default
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 cd $(dirname $0)
 
diff --git a/scripts/dev b/scripts/dev
index 740284b5..237ff112 100755
--- a/scripts/dev
+++ b/scripts/dev
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # help: For development, creates iso, kernel, initrd gzip compressed
+set -e
 
 cd $(dirname $0)
 
diff --git a/scripts/entry b/scripts/entry
index 4e8a0f25..e093ec10 100755
--- a/scripts/entry
+++ b/scripts/entry
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 mkdir -p bin dist build/initrd
 if [ -e ./scripts/$1 ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/hash-initrd b/scripts/hash-initrd
index 15576562..88b06ec3 100755
--- a/scripts/hash-initrd
+++ b/scripts/hash-initrd
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/../build/initrd
 
diff --git a/scripts/help b/scripts/help
index 7f1f112e..b4d558d8 100755
--- a/scripts/help
+++ b/scripts/help
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 cd $(dirname $0)
 
diff --git a/scripts/release b/scripts/release
index 80a80a63..8a3676fc 100755
--- a/scripts/release
+++ b/scripts/release
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 source $(dirname $0)/version
 export REPO_VERSION=$VERSION
diff --git a/scripts/version b/scripts/version
index f99dbde8..d463f3d0 100755
--- a/scripts/version
+++ b/scripts/version
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
 if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)" ]; then
     DIRTY="-dirty"
 fi