diff --git a/build/developer.xml b/build/developer.xml
index acab385b5d7..7476a13b786 100755
--- a/build/developer.xml
+++ b/build/developer.xml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
     </condition>
   	
     <echo message="deploydb ${server-setup.file} ${templates.file} ${DBROOTPW}" />
-    <exec dir="${db.scripts.dir}" executable="bash">
+    <exec dir="${db.scripts.dir}" executable="bash" failonerror="true">
       <arg value="deploy-db-dev.sh" />
       <arg value="${server-setup.file}" />
       <arg value="${templates.file}" />
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
     </condition>
   	
     <echo message="deploydb ${server-setup.file} ${templates.file} ${DBROOTPW}" />
-    <exec dir="${db.scripts.dir}" executable="bash">
+    <exec dir="${db.scripts.dir}" executable="bash" failonerror="true">
       <arg value="deploy-db-simulator.sh" />
       <arg value="${server-setup.file}" />
       <arg value="${templates.file}" />
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
   	  <property name="commands.vr.file" location="${dist.dir}/client/conf/virtualrouter_commands.properties" />
   
 	<echo message="build-apidocs" />
-    <exec dir="${apidoc.scripts.dir}" executable="bash">
+    <exec dir="${apidoc.scripts.dir}" executable="bash" failonerror="true">
       <arg value="build-apidoc.sh" />
       <arg value="${target.dir}/jar" />
       <arg value="${deps.dir}" />