diff --git a/compileOSX.sh b/compileOSX.sh
index e24abb22..9a5f5d8a 100755
--- a/compileOSX.sh
+++ b/compileOSX.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/bash
+set -e
 
 VERSION=${1:-"9.5.0"}
 
diff --git a/releaseOSX.sh b/releaseOSX.sh
index 22251ee0..8d5cdadf 100755
--- a/releaseOSX.sh
+++ b/releaseOSX.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 hash macdeployqt 2>/dev/null || { echo >&2 "macdeployqt command not available. Please add the bin subfolder of your Qt installation  to the PATH environment variable."; exit 1; }