diff --git a/tasks/install_shell.sh b/tasks/install_shell.sh
index cfd6df8f..9adf1c41 100644
--- a/tasks/install_shell.sh
+++ b/tasks/install_shell.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
 # Install puppet-agent as a task
 #
 # From https://github.com/petems/puppet-install-shell/blob/master/install_puppet_5_agent.sh
diff --git a/tasks/version_shell.sh b/tasks/version_shell.sh
index 9cf35902..d0e4402b 100644
--- a/tasks/version_shell.sh
+++ b/tasks/version_shell.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+set -e
+
 loc=/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/VERSION
 if test -f $loc; then
   echo "{\"version\":\"$(cat $loc)\",\"source\":\"${loc}\"}"