diff --git a/scripts/whitespacecleanup.sh b/scripts/whitespacecleanup.sh
--- a/scripts/whitespacecleanup.sh
+++ b/scripts/whitespacecleanup.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
+#!/bin/bash -xe
 
 # Enforce some consistency in whitespace - just to avoid spurious whitespaces changes