diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4bcac765..d5a0b1b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ jobs:
 
       # steps for building assets
       - name: Cross compile
-        run: ./scripts/xcompile.sh
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get rhash
+          go get github.com/mitchellh/gox
+          ./scripts/xcompile.sh
 
       - name: Create Release
         id: create_release
diff --git a/scripts/xcompile.sh b/scripts/xcompile.sh
index 9ee28855..e90e9d9e 100755
--- a/scripts/xcompile.sh
+++ b/scripts/xcompile.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
+set -e
 # This assumes that gonative and gox is installed as per the 'one time setup' instructions
 # at https://github.com/inconshreveable/gonative