diff --git a/youtube-rss b/youtube-rss
index aa76540..71b290a 100755
--- a/youtube-rss
+++ b/youtube-rss
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 playlistURL="$1"
 noItems="$2"
 
+set -e
+
 playlistJSON=`youtube-dl "$playlistURL" --flat-playlist -J --playlist-end "$noItems"`
 uploader=`echo "$playlistJSON" | jq -r '.uploader'`