diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-repo-sync b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-repo-sync
index 3e129cd0d..84384fcdf 100644
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-repo-sync
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-repo-sync
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ set_version
 set_os
 salt_minion_count
 
+set -e
+
 curl --retry 5 --retry-delay 60 -A "reposync/$VERSION/$OS/$(uname -r)/$MINIONCOUNT" https://sigs.securityonion.net/checkup --output /tmp/checkup
 dnf reposync --norepopath -g --delete -m -c /opt/so/conf/reposync/repodownload.conf --repoid=securityonionsync --download-metadata -p /nsm/repo/
-createrepo /nsm/repo	
\ No newline at end of file
+createrepo /nsm/repo
diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 37c9b3ba5..45e3df530 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ post_to_2.4.20() {
 
 repo_sync() {
   echo "Sync the local repo."
-  su socore -c '/usr/sbin/so-repo-sync'
+  su socore -c '/usr/sbin/so-repo-sync' || fail "Unable to complete so-repo-sync."
 }
 
 stop_salt_master() {