diff --git a/deploy_static b/deploy_static
index d2c8d95b..4bb237e8 100755
--- a/deploy_static
+++ b/deploy_static
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -o errexit
+set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 
 ./validate_static
 ./process_static
diff --git a/process_static b/process_static
index d03ac408..c082e46f 100755
--- a/process_static
+++ b/process_static
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -o errexit
+set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 
 rm -rf static_tmp
 cp -a static static_tmp
diff --git a/validate_static b/validate_static
index 645579d8..2ff81e8f 100755
--- a/validate_static
+++ b/validate_static
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -o errexit
+set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 shopt -s globstar
 
 jshint --verbose static/**/*.js