diff --git a/l2ork_addons/tar_em_up.sh b/l2ork_addons/tar_em_up.sh
index 60d959963d9fb1d11d5024786d8a09cadd3e8922..87033e4829920382fa6ef78c6ae200036360026c 100755
--- a/l2ork_addons/tar_em_up.sh
+++ b/l2ork_addons/tar_em_up.sh
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ if [ ! -d "../pd/nw/nw" ]; then
 	nwjs_url=${nwjs_url}/$nwjs_filename
 	echo "Fetching the nwjs binary from"
 	echo "$nwjs_url"
-	wget -nv $nwjs_url
+        wget -nv $nwjs_url || exit 1
 	if [[ $os == "win" || $os == "osx" ]]; then
 		unzip $nwjs_filename
 	else