diff --git a/bin/install_environment.sh b/bin/install_environment.sh
index ec3a6e11170fc782f1dd7a8b4fdb550072987c9a..15ceffa44becec9df50d91c96785e95b17833d0a 100644
--- a/bin/install_environment.sh
+++ b/bin/install_environment.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -e
+
 ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 source $ROOT/set_env.sh
 source $ROOT/functions.sh