diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 592602ac89..a0eec00612 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+# Tell build process to exit if there are any errors.
+set -ouex pipefail
+
 # run scripts
 echo "-- Running scripts defined in recipe.yml --"
 buildscripts=$(yq '.scripts[]' < /usr/etc/ublue-recipe.yml)
diff --git a/scripts/example.sh b/scripts/example.sh
index 3c7d709559..1487103f81 100644
--- a/scripts/example.sh
+++ b/scripts/example.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+# Tell this script to exit if there are any errors.
+# You should have this in every custom script, to ensure that your completed
+# builds actually ran successfully without any errors!
+set -ouex pipefail
+
+# Your code goes here.
 echo 'This is an example shell script'
 echo 'Scripts here will run during build if specified in recipe.yml'