diff --git a/Desktop_Interface/make_appimage b/Desktop_Interface/make_appimage
index f1b5d8bf..eca20d8e 100755
--- a/Desktop_Interface/make_appimage
+++ b/Desktop_Interface/make_appimage
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -e
+
 qmake APPIMAGE=1 CONFIG+=release PREFIX=/usr DEFINES+=GIT_HASH_SHORT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 make -j$(nproc) CXX=${CXX} CC=${CC} LINK=${CXX}
 make INSTALL_ROOT=appdir install ; find appdir/
diff --git a/Desktop_Interface/make_deb b/Desktop_Interface/make_deb
index d8c60b0a..b5aed946 100755
--- a/Desktop_Interface/make_deb
+++ b/Desktop_Interface/make_deb
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -e
+
 qmake DEB=1 CONFIG+=release PREFIX=/usr DEFINES+=GIT_HASH_SHORT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 make -j$(nproc) CXX=${CXX} CC=${CC} LINK=${CXX}
-rm -R deb
+rm -rf deb
 make INSTALL_ROOT=deb install; find deb/
 cp -r resources/debian deb/DEBIAN
 dpkg-deb --build deb