diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/files/backup_vm.sh b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/files/backup_vm.sh
index 33a259b..3cf7a39 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/files/backup_vm.sh
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/files/backup_vm.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # GENERATED BY CHEF
 # DO NOT EDIT
-set -e
 
 REPOSITORY=$BORG_REPO
 
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ virsh snapshot-create-as --domain $1  \
         --disk-only           \
         --diskspec vda,snapshot=external
 
+# TODO report failures
 borg create -v $REPOSITORY::$1_$(date +%F_%H-%M) \
         /var/lib/libvirt/images/$1.qcow2  \
         /root/backups/vm_meta/$1.xml
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/templates/backup_all_vms.sh.erb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/templates/backup_all_vms.sh.erb
index 365b04d..2501d0c 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/templates/backup_all_vms.sh.erb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/templates/backup_all_vms.sh.erb
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # GENERATED BY CHEF
 # DO NOT EDIT
-set -e
 
 echo "Backing up all VMs with kvm_guest chef role..."
 
 for domain in <%= @vm_domains.join(" ") %>
 do
-  /root/backups/backup_vm.sh $domain
-  /root/backups/prune_vm_backups.sh $domain
+  /root/backups/backup_vm.sh $domain && /root/backups/prune_vm_backups.sh $domain
   # TODO Enable this when upgrading borg to 1.2
   # borg compact $BORG_REPO
 done