diff --git a/ci_tests/run_basic_grb_test.sh b/ci_tests/run_basic_grb_test.sh
index da4aa0d493a2ba89b18c7294ff30d0edc44d62af..704cdba916c2b86d5074c87cc8794b9c85dffe9e 100755
--- a/ci_tests/run_basic_grb_test.sh
+++ b/ci_tests/run_basic_grb_test.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set -e
 source ci_tests/_tests_common.sh
 ns=$(./helpers/get_namespace.sh)
 source ci_tests/get_release_names.sh
-install_basic_grb_charts "ci_tests/basic_grb"
+install_basic_grb_charts "ci_tests/basic_grb" || error "Failed to install charts"
 
 # give kubernetes a bit to create the resources
 debug "Waiting for Kubernetes to deploy and schedule components..."
diff --git a/ci_tests/run_basic_postgres_test.sh b/ci_tests/run_basic_postgres_test.sh
index c07b54b4ca59b2443ef606540f2598bb4ce3a530..e86d56e23b58d8a060f40a06a39e4286674fcc68 100755
--- a/ci_tests/run_basic_postgres_test.sh
+++ b/ci_tests/run_basic_postgres_test.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set -e
 source ci_tests/_tests_common.sh
 ns=$(./helpers/get_namespace.sh)
 source ci_tests/get_release_names.sh
-install_basic_postgres_charts "ci_tests/basic_postgres"
+install_basic_postgres_charts "ci_tests/basic_postgres" || error "Failed to install charts"
 
 # give kubernetes a bit to create the resources
 debug "Waiting for Kubernetes to deploy and schedule components..."