diff --git a/windowsBuild-delegated.sh b/windowsBuild-delegated.sh
index d0e07d7..67662a6 100755
--- a/windowsBuild-delegated.sh
+++ b/windowsBuild-delegated.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-set -e
 #!/bin/sh
 #this will hopefully download all konan dependancies that we use in the build scripts
-./gradlew --no-daemon clean
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-api:build
+./gradlew --no-daemon clean || exit 1
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-api:build || exit 1
 cd sodiumWrapper
 echo "Starting mingw libsodium  build"
 ./configureMingw64.sh
@@ -13,8 +12,8 @@ make -j4 -C libsodium install
 echo "completed libsodium build"
 #now we can do the delegated build
 cd ..
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-delegated:build
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-delegated:build || exit 1
 #and then libsodium bindings
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-libsodium-bindings:build
-set +e
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-libsodium-bindings:build || exit 1
+exit 0
 
diff --git a/windowsBuild-pure.sh b/windowsBuild-pure.sh
index b4677a7..9286a7d 100755
--- a/windowsBuild-pure.sh
+++ b/windowsBuild-pure.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-set -e
 #!/bin/sh
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-api:build
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto:build
-set +e
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-api:build || exit 1
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto:build || exit 1
+exit 0
+
 
diff --git a/windowsBuildAndPublish-delegated.sh b/windowsBuildAndPublish-delegated.sh
index 355d9eb..2215ea9 100755
--- a/windowsBuildAndPublish-delegated.sh
+++ b/windowsBuildAndPublish-delegated.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-set -e
 #!/bin/sh
 #this will hopefully download all konan dependancies that we use in the build scripts
-./gradlew clean
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-api:build
+./gradlew clean || exit 1
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-api:build || exit 1
 cd sodiumWrapper
 echo "Starting mingw libsodium  build"
 ./configureMingw64.sh
@@ -13,9 +12,10 @@ make -j4 -C libsodium install
 echo "completed libsodium build"
 #now we can do the delegated build
 cd ..
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-delegated:build
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-delegated:publishMingwX64PublicationToSnapshotRepository
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-delegated:build || exit 1
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-delegated:publishMingwX64PublicationToSnapshotRepository || exit 1
+
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-libsodium-bindings:build || exit 1
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-libsodium-bindings:publishMingwX64PublicationToSnapshotRepository || exit 1
+exit 0
 
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-libsodium-bindings:build
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-libsodium-bindings:publishMingwX64PublicationToSnapshotRepository
-set +e
diff --git a/windowsBuildAndPublish-pure.sh b/windowsBuildAndPublish-pure.sh
index ed2b628..9f5bf76 100755
--- a/windowsBuildAndPublish-pure.sh
+++ b/windowsBuildAndPublish-pure.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-set -e
 #!/bin/sh
 #this will hopefully download all konan dependancies that we use in the build scripts
-./gradlew clean
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-api:build
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto:build
-./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto:publishMingwX64PublicationToSnapshotRepository
-set +e
+./gradlew clean || exit 1
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto-api:build || exit 1
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto:build || exit 1
+./gradlew --no-daemon multiplatform-crypto:publishMingwX64PublicationToSnapshotRepository || exit 1
+exit 0