diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 85da18e..b5c8004 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ download() {
   esac
 
   if which curl > /dev/null; then
-    WGET="curl -sSL"
+    WGET="curl --fail -sSL"
     test -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" || WGET="${WGET} -H \"${HEADER}\""
     if [ "${DEST}" != "-" ]; then
       WGET="$WGET -o $DEST"
diff --git a/samples/godownloader-goreleaser.sh b/samples/godownloader-goreleaser.sh
index 0dbb0f6..fd990e1 100644
--- a/samples/godownloader-goreleaser.sh
+++ b/samples/godownloader-goreleaser.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ download() {
   esac
 
   if which curl > /dev/null; then
-    WGET="curl -sSL"
+    WGET="curl --fail -sSL"
     test -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" || WGET="${WGET} -H \"${HEADER}\""
     if [ "${DEST}" != "-" ]; then
       WGET="$WGET -o $DEST"
diff --git a/samples/godownloader-hugo.sh b/samples/godownloader-hugo.sh
index 565df68..d0f643f 100644
--- a/samples/godownloader-hugo.sh
+++ b/samples/godownloader-hugo.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ download() {
   esac
 
   if which curl > /dev/null; then
-    WGET="curl -sSL"
+    WGET="curl --fail -sSL"
     test -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" || WGET="${WGET} -H \"${HEADER}\""
     if [ "${DEST}" != "-" ]; then
       WGET="$WGET -o $DEST"