diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1604/zoneminder.postinst b/distros/ubuntu1604/zoneminder.postinst
index e51abb5a9..fa634d11d 100644
--- a/distros/ubuntu1604/zoneminder.postinst
+++ b/distros/ubuntu1604/zoneminder.postinst
@@ -69,7 +69,15 @@ if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
         echo "GRANT LOCK TABLES,ALTER,DROP,SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,INDEX,ALTER ROUTINE,CREATE ROUTINE, TRIGGER,EXECUTE,REFERENCES ON ${ZM_DB_NAME}.* TO '${ZM_DB_USER}'@localhost;" | mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf mysql
 
         zmupdate.pl --nointeractive
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+          echo "Error updating db."
+          exit 1;
+        fi
         zmupdate.pl --nointeractive -f
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+          echo "Error updating config."
+          exit 1;
+        fi
 
         # Add any new PTZ control configurations to the database (will not overwrite)
         zmcamtool.pl --import >/dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/distros/ubuntu2004/zoneminder.postinst b/distros/ubuntu2004/zoneminder.postinst
index b0fd254f5..8e415bc86 100644
--- a/distros/ubuntu2004/zoneminder.postinst
+++ b/distros/ubuntu2004/zoneminder.postinst
@@ -32,7 +32,15 @@ create_update_user () {
 update_db () {
 
   zmupdate.pl --nointeractive
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error updating db."
+    exit 1;
+  fi
   zmupdate.pl --nointeractive -f
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error updating config."
+    exit 1;
+  fi
 
   # Add any new PTZ control configurations to the database (will not overwrite)
   zmcamtool.pl --import >/dev/null 2>&1