diff --git a/qt/i18n/build-mo-files b/qt/i18n/build-mo-files
index 4666a7e44..b51cfd8a3 100755
--- a/qt/i18n/build-mo-files
+++ b/qt/i18n/build-mo-files
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #
 # build mo files
 #
+set -e
 
 targetDir="../aqt_data/locale/gettext"
 mkdir -p $targetDir
diff --git a/qt/i18n/sync-po-git b/qt/i18n/sync-po-git
index 55c778d9f..b085d3113 100755
--- a/qt/i18n/sync-po-git
+++ b/qt/i18n/sync-po-git
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 # pull any pending changes from git repos
 ./pull-git
diff --git a/qt/i18n/update-po-template b/qt/i18n/update-po-template
index 34a223037..3c8323c4e 100755
--- a/qt/i18n/update-po-template
+++ b/qt/i18n/update-po-template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # update template .pot file from source code strings
 #
-
+set -e
 
 topDir=$(dirname $0)/../..
 cd $topDir