diff --git a/scripts/get_latest_release.sh b/scripts/get_latest_release.sh
index 8e651da..e2d0c5d 100755
--- a/scripts/get_latest_release.sh
+++ b/scripts/get_latest_release.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -euo pipefail
+
 # Check if the user requested a specific build
-if [[ "$BUILD_VERSION" != "" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -z "${BUILD_VERSION-}" ]]; then
 	echo $BUILD_VERSION
 	exit 0
 fi
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ if [[ "$releases" != *"browser_download_url"* ]]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-release=$(echo "$releases" | python -c 'import json, sys;print json.load(sys.stdin)["name"]')
+release=$(echo "$releases" | python -c 'import json, sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)["name"])')
 echo $release
 
 exit 0