diff --git a/scripts/android/travisbuild.sh b/scripts/android/travisbuild.sh
index 4887ea684..8cec02585 100644
--- a/scripts/android/travisbuild.sh
+++ b/scripts/android/travisbuild.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -x
+set -e
+
 docker exec -t builder subsurface/packaging/android/android-build-wrapper.sh
 
 # Extract the built apk from the builder container
diff --git a/scripts/linux/travisbuild.sh b/scripts/linux/travisbuild.sh
index 244320d8d..3e48544f6 100644
--- a/scripts/linux/travisbuild.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux/travisbuild.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -x
+set -e
 
 # this gets executed by Travis when building an AppImage for Linux
 # it gets started from inside the subsurface directory
diff --git a/scripts/mac/travisbuild.sh b/scripts/mac/travisbuild.sh
index f056f3e86..7675db462 100644
--- a/scripts/mac/travisbuild.sh
+++ b/scripts/mac/travisbuild.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -x
+set -e
+
 # this gets executed by Travis when building an App for Mac
 # it gets started from inside the subsurface directory
 
diff --git a/scripts/windows/travisbuild.sh b/scripts/windows/travisbuild.sh
index e8455ea87..6ca94c888 100644
--- a/scripts/windows/travisbuild.sh
+++ b/scripts/windows/travisbuild.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -x
+set -e
+
 # this gets executed by Travis when building an installer for Windows
 # it gets started from inside the subsurface directory
 # with all the other projects downloaded and installed in parralel to