diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bcc20c87877d7b929e4912322e7086a6e842fefe..f07170803e97abf92498c59d7d756f8145896938 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ build:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
   script:
-    - curl https://gitlab.phaidra.org/kartenaale/card-templates/-/jobs/104428/artifacts/raw/card-templates-1.0.2.tar.gz | tar -xz
+    - curl --fail https://gitlab.phaidra.org/kartenaale/card-templates/-/jobs/104428/artifacts/raw/card-templates-1.0.2.tar.gz | tar -xz
     - export_apkgs -c content -t templates -o .
     - echo "ARTIFACTS_URL=https://gitlab.phaidra.org/$CI_PROJECT_PATH/-/jobs/$CI_JOB_ID/artifacts/browse" > build.env
   artifacts:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fetch-configs:
   # we don't need anything in node_modules or python, so don't fetch the cache
   cache: []
   script:
-    - 'curl -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $COMMON_CI_API_TOKEN" "https://gitlab.phaidra.org/api/v4/projects/1469/repository/files/cliff.toml/raw/?ref=main" > cliff.toml'
+    - 'curl --fail -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $COMMON_CI_API_TOKEN" "https://gitlab.phaidra.org/api/v4/projects/1469/repository/files/cliff.toml/raw/?ref=main" > cliff.toml'
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - cliff.toml