diff --git a/Scripts/build_aggregate.sh b/Scripts/build_aggregate.sh
index 514d0075..4803094c 100755
--- a/Scripts/build_aggregate.sh
+++ b/Scripts/build_aggregate.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
 unset TOOLCHAINS #Xcode 7.3 BUG FIX  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36184930/xcodebuild-7-3-cant-enable-bitcode
 
 # define output folder environment variable
diff --git a/Scripts/download_dependencies.sh b/Scripts/download_dependencies.sh
index f03a25e8..96c36c54 100755
--- a/Scripts/download_dependencies.sh
+++ b/Scripts/download_dependencies.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ BUILD_DIR=$(xcodebuild -showBuildSettings -project ./MVMCoreUI.xcodeproj | grep
 FRAMEWORKS_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/Frameworks
 
 if [ ! -d $FRAMEWORKS_DIR ]; then
-    mkdir $FRAMEWORKS_DIR
+    mkdir -p $FRAMEWORKS_DIR
 fi
 
 ./Scripts/download_framework.sh $ARTIFACTORY_URL "$FRAMEWORKS_DIR/MVMCore.framework" BPHV_MobileFirst_IOS/com/vzw/hss/myverizon/MVMCore/1.0/MVMCore-1.0-Debug-SNAPSHOT.zip