diff --git a/scripts/php2gettext.sh b/scripts/php2gettext.sh
index 4901be548..c4df85030 100755
--- a/scripts/php2gettext.sh
+++ b/scripts/php2gettext.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+set -e
+
 mkdir -p po