diff --git a/scripts/apply.sh b/scripts/apply.sh
index fa6f4065..00631d2f 100755
--- a/scripts/apply.sh
+++ b/scripts/apply.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
 # get base dir regardless of execution location
 SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
 while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
diff --git a/scripts/upstream.sh b/scripts/upstream.sh
index 2456865a..f864d078 100755
--- a/scripts/upstream.sh
+++ b/scripts/upstream.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
 # get base dir regardless of execution location
 SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
 while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
diff --git a/sportpaper b/sportpaper
index 3ca117b5..1e46b0d4 100755
--- a/sportpaper
+++ b/sportpaper
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+set -e
+
 # get base dir regardless of execution location
 SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
 while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink