diff --git a/support/compile.sh b/support/compile.sh
index aa1f7184fe6a3889748f8a81305d582043271a55..82334275a495c6d463922f47b5116683f235e2ad 100755
--- a/support/compile.sh
+++ b/support/compile.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 biber --tool --configfile=src/biber/reformat.xml gipp.bib --validate-datamodel
-diff -w gipp.bib gipp_bibertool.bib || support/commitUp.sh
+diff -w gipp.bib gipp_bibertool.bib || support/commitUp.sh && exit 1
 cd src/tex
 latexmk
 cp allRefs.pdf ../../main.pdf