diff --git a/common/install_kicad_from_sources b/common/install_kicad_from_sources
index 5730cc98..17a494d4 100755
--- a/common/install_kicad_from_sources
+++ b/common/install_kicad_from_sources
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -e
+
 bzr launchpad-login "saipeloan" 
 bzr whoami "Cyryl Plotnicki-Chudyk <bzr@cyplo.net>" 
 
@@ -16,17 +18,21 @@ bzr checkout lp:kicad kicad.bzr
 cd kicad.bzr
 mkdir build
 cd build
+echo "compiling...."
 cmake -DKICAD_STABLE_VERSION=ON ../
 make clean
 make -j8
+echo "installing..."
 sudo make install
 
 # install component libraries
 cd ~/build/kicad
+echo "checking out libraries..."
 bzr checkout lp:~kicad-product-committers/kicad/library kicad-library.bzr
 cd kicad-library.bzr
 mkdir build 
 cd build/ 
+echo "installing libraries"
 cmake ../ 
 sudo make install
 
diff --git a/fedora/install_kicad_fedora.sh b/fedora/install_kicad_fedora.sh
index 7c5e8679..de9083c7 100755
--- a/fedora/install_kicad_fedora.sh
+++ b/fedora/install_kicad_fedora.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 sudo yum groupinstall "C Development Tools and Libraries" 
 sudo yum install bzr bzrtools cmake GLC_lib-devel glew-devel cairo-devel bzip2-devel wxGTK-devel openssl-devel doxygen patch
-./install_kicad.sh
+../common/install_kicad_from_sources
+