diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index 4e323a735..9b8c36ded 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ async function sendMessageToActiveTab(message) {
 		return await browser.tabs.sendMessage(activeTab.id, message);
 	}
 	catch (e) {
-		console.error("Sending message to active tab failed, you might need to refresh the page after updating the extension.", e);
+		throw e;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/bin/release-chrome.sh b/bin/release-chrome.sh
index 6981fb6ae..b3e200b1a 100755
--- a/bin/release-chrome.sh
+++ b/bin/release-chrome.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
 
 VERSION=$(jq -r ".version" manifest.json)
 CHROME_EXTENSION_ID=dfhgmnfclbebfobmblelddiejjcijbjm
diff --git a/bin/release-firefox.sh b/bin/release-firefox.sh
index dad0e900a..d26684f9e 100755
--- a/bin/release-firefox.sh
+++ b/bin/release-firefox.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
 
 WEB_EXT_ID="{1410742d-b377-40e7-a9db-63dc9c6ec99c}"
 
@@ -17,4 +18,4 @@ jq '.name = "Trilium Web Clipper"' manifest.json | sponge manifest.json
 web-ext sign --id ${WEB_EXT_ID} --artifacts-dir ../
 
 cd ..
-rm -r "${ARTIFACT_NAME}"
\ No newline at end of file
+rm -r "${ARTIFACT_NAME}"
diff --git a/bin/release.sh b/bin/release.sh
index 93e16ff98..7aa982fa0 100755
--- a/bin/release.sh
+++ b/bin/release.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
 
 export GITHUB_REPO=trilium-web-clipper