diff --git a/prism/etc/scripts/prism-install-rhel b/prism/etc/scripts/prism-install-rhel
index ca68ca38..969e3965 100755
--- a/prism/etc/scripts/prism-install-rhel
+++ b/prism/etc/scripts/prism-install-rhel
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 # Script for installation of PRISM on a clean install of RHEL/CentOS/etc Linux.
 
+set -e # Abort if one of the commands fail
+set -x # Print commands as they are executed
+
 # Install dependencies: make/gcc/Java
 sudo yum update
 sudo yum -y install git gcc gcc-c++ java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
diff --git a/prism/etc/scripts/prism-install-ubuntu b/prism/etc/scripts/prism-install-ubuntu
index 8719bc96..d13138a1 100755
--- a/prism/etc/scripts/prism-install-ubuntu
+++ b/prism/etc/scripts/prism-install-ubuntu
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 # Script for installation of PRISM on a clean install of Ubuntu
 
+set -e # Abort if one of the commands fail
+set -x # Print commands as they are executed
+
 # Install dependencies: make/gcc/Java
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt -y install make gcc g++ default-jdk