diff --git a/stuff/create-bootable b/stuff/create-bootable
index c08654e..da5763f 100755
--- a/stuff/create-bootable
+++ b/stuff/create-bootable
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #
 # Ensure you've loaded the loop module with max_part=15
 
+set -e -x
+
 if test "$2" = ""; then
 	echo "Usage: $0 <rootdir> <imgfile>"
 	exit
@@ -10,8 +12,6 @@ root=$1
 img=$2
 mnt="/mnt/morpheus"
 
-set -e -x
-
 dd if=/dev/zero of=$img bs=512M count=4
 (
 cat << EOF