diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs b/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs
index c2698dc90e..944947ecdc 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ async fn handle_bash_job(
 ) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Error> {
     logs.push_str("\n\n--- BASH CODE EXECUTION ---\n");
     set_logs(logs, &job.id, db).await;
-    write_file(job_dir, "main.sh", &format!("{content}\nsleep 0.02")).await?;
+    write_file(job_dir, "main.sh", &format!("set -e\n{content}\nsleep 0.02")).await?;
     let token = client.get_token().await;
     let mut reserved_variables = get_reserved_variables(job, &token, db).await?;
     reserved_variables.insert("RUST_LOG".to_string(), "info".to_string());