diff --git a/travis/configure_fresh_system b/travis/configure_fresh_system
index 7664f9e9..5473bcac 100755
--- a/travis/configure_fresh_system
+++ b/travis/configure_fresh_system
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # detect if building inside a CI system, like Travis
+set -e
 echo "choosing totally noninteractive installation method"
 COMMAND_PREFIX="DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y -o Dpkg::Options::=\"--force-confdef\" -o Dpkg::Options::=\"--force-confnew\"";
 
 curl --silent --location https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | sudo bash
 sudo apt-get update
-INSTALL_COMMAND="sudo $COMMAND_PREFIX install meld whois zsh tmux vim atop aria2 curl pv gajim tor torsocks nodejs npm terminator gsmartcontrol python-pip mesa-utils mesa-utils-extra aptitude p7zip-full p7zip-rar thunderbird mercurial kdiff3 gnupg2 python3-setuptools realpath"
+INSTALL_COMMAND="sudo $COMMAND_PREFIX install meld whois zsh tmux vim atop aria2 curl pv gajim tor torsocks nodejs terminator gsmartcontrol python-pip mesa-utils mesa-utils-extra aptitude p7zip-full p7zip-rar thunderbird mercurial kdiff3 gnupg2 python3-setuptools realpath"
 eval ${INSTALL_COMMAND}
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"