diff --git a/docs/deploy-docs.nix b/docs/deploy-docs.nix
index a03176cbf..65a66fc27 100644
--- a/docs/deploy-docs.nix
+++ b/docs/deploy-docs.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 }:
 
 writeShellScriptBin "deploy-docs" ''
+  set -eux -o pipefail
   export PATH="${
     lib.makeBinPath [
       coreutils