diff --git a/contrib/scripts/orphan-clean-up/orphan_cleanup.sh b/contrib/scripts/orphan-clean-up/orphan_cleanup.sh
index a5938fd445..6ffe4737fb 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/orphan-clean-up/orphan_cleanup.sh
+++ b/contrib/scripts/orphan-clean-up/orphan_cleanup.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -euo pipefail
+
 # Cleanes up orphaned entities for the provided Backstage URL, defaults to the local backend
 BACKSTAGE_URL=${1:-'http://localhost:7007'}
 echo $BACKSTAGE_URL