diff --git a/buildscripts/build_ffmpeg.sh b/buildscripts/build_ffmpeg.sh
index b88b5ec06..1ff234562 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_ffmpeg.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_ffmpeg.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #     Copyright (c) 2017-2021 Maxim Biro <nurupo.contributions@gmail.com>
 #     Copyright (c) 2021 by The qTox Project Contributors
 
+set -euo pipefail
+
 usage()
 {
     echo "Download and build ffmpeg for the windows cross compiling environment"
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_gdb_windows.sh b/buildscripts/build_gdb_windows.sh
index cca5774c3..313ab73b9 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_gdb_windows.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_gdb_windows.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 #     Copyright (c) 2017-2021 Maxim Biro <nurupo.contributions@gmail.com>
 #     Copyright (c) 2021 by The qTox Project Contributors
 
+set -euo pipefail
+
 usage()
 {
     echo "Download and build gmp for windows"
     echo "Usage: $0 --arch {win64|win32}"
 }
 
-set -euo pipefail
-
 while (( $# > 0 )); do
     case $1 in
         --arch) ARCH=$2; shift 2 ;;
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ else
     HOST="i686-w64-mingw32"
 fi
 
-set -euo pipefail
-
 "$(dirname $0)"/download/download_gdb.sh
 
 CFLAGS="-O2 -g0" ./configure --host="${HOST}" \
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_gmp_windows.sh b/buildscripts/build_gmp_windows.sh
index e14500e99..21a4894af 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_gmp_windows.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_gmp_windows.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 #     Copyright (c) 2017-2021 Maxim Biro <nurupo.contributions@gmail.com>
 #     Copyright (c) 2021 by The qTox Project Contributors
 
+set -euo pipefail
+
 usage()
 {
     echo "Download and build gmp for windows"
     echo "Usage: $0 --arch {win64|win32}"
 }
 
-set -euo pipefail
-
 while (( $# > 0 )); do
     case $1 in
         --arch) ARCH=$2; shift 2 ;;
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ else
     HOST="i686-w64-mingw32"
 fi
 
-set -euo pipefail
-
 "$(dirname $0)"/download/download_gmp.sh
 
 # https://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-discuss/2020-July/006519.html
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_libexif.sh b/buildscripts/build_libexif.sh
index b9fb542d2..af53d18d2 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_libexif.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_libexif.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #     Copyright (c) 2017-2021 Maxim Biro <nurupo.contributions@gmail.com>
 #     Copyright (c) 2021 by The qTox Project Contributors
 
+set -euo pipefail
+
 usage()
 {
     echo "Download and build libexif for the windows cross compiling environment"
@@ -26,9 +28,6 @@ if [ "$ARCH" != "win32" ] && [ "$ARCH" != "win64" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-set -euo pipefail
-
-
 "$(dirname $0)"/download/download_libexif.sh
 
 if [ "${ARCH}" == "win64" ]; then
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_libexpat_windows.sh b/buildscripts/build_libexpat_windows.sh
index d940f0414..34568aabe 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_libexpat_windows.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_libexpat_windows.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 #     Copyright (c) 2017-2021 Maxim Biro <nurupo.contributions@gmail.com>
 #     Copyright (c) 2021 by The qTox Project Contributors
 
+set -euo pipefail
+
 usage()
 {
     echo "Download and build libexpat for windows"
     echo "Usage: $0 --arch {win64|win32}"
 }
 
-set -euo pipefail
-
 while (( $# > 0 )); do
     case $1 in
         --arch) ARCH=$2; shift 2 ;;