diff --git a/bootstrap-root.sh b/bootstrap-root.sh
index f5efd71..408f2aa 100755
--- a/bootstrap-root.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-root.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/bash
+# fail immediately on error
 set -e
 CURLOPT=${CURLOPT:-"--location --remote-time --show-error --silent --fail --tlsv1.2"}
 
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ apt-get update  \
 		tig  \
 		zsh  \
 	&&  apt-file update
-echo "Status: $?"
 
 # node related
 curl $CURLOPT https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | bash -