diff --git a/scripts/publish b/scripts/publish
index 95143ab37..f2a0b5a87 100755
--- a/scripts/publish
+++ b/scripts/publish
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+function die {
+    echo $*
+    exit 1
+}
+
 git checkout production \
     && git rebase master \
     && git push \
     && git checkout master
 
-
-read VERSION_TYPE -p "Major, minor, patch? "
+read -p "Major, minor, patch? " VERSION_TYPE
 if [[ "$VERSION_TYPE" == "" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-npm version "$VERSION_TYPE"
+npm version "$VERSION_TYPE" || die "Invalid version type: $VERSION_TYPE"
 npm publish