diff --git a/scripts/ost-nightly-build.sh b/scripts/ost-nightly-build.sh
index 01d4ab9305aafe40dbbd0f742c06345f8cb63489..1285cd65d2c20b8f00054b5d7c4285adac77c6ac 100644
--- a/scripts/ost-nightly-build.sh
+++ b/scripts/ost-nightly-build.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ $eb_command
 
 if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
 	echo -e "\nBuild failed. Not deleting temp dir $TEMP_DIR"
+	exit 1
 else
         echo -e "\nBuild completed succesfully. Deleting temp dir $TEMP_DIR"
 	rm -fr $TEMP_DIR