diff --git a/stream8_backups/backup.sh b/stream8_backups/backup.sh
index aca6761fa468b7177b090dbe510811dd0c18b276..ffe9cd40f60b625f15513255b16ab10d89d2b9dd 100755
--- a/stream8_backups/backup.sh
+++ b/stream8_backups/backup.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -o pipefail
 source common.sh
 
 # we want to maintain the same $SOURCE path to simplify restores, but we