diff --git a/hledger-install/hledger-install.sh b/hledger-install/hledger-install.sh
index 195607692..aec68cfcd 100755
--- a/hledger-install/hledger-install.sh
+++ b/hledger-install/hledger-install.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
+#!/bin/bash
 # Easy hledger installation script for POSIX systems.
 # Uses cabal if installed and stack is not, 
 # or stack, which it will install if needed (or if --force-install-stack is used).
 # Requires bash and some other POSIX tools.
 # This is based on get-stack.sh which is copyright (c) 2015-2017, Stack contributors.
 
+set -e
+
 usage() {
   cat <<HERE
 hledger-install.sh [-f|--force-install-stack] [-v|--verbose] [-s|--status] [--version] [-h|--help]