diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-new b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-new
index dc36a5ec62..27dd311dd7 100755
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-new
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-new
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/bash
 
 set -e
+set -o pipefail
 
 delete_script=$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$0")")/vm-aws-delete