diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/lemmy/update.sh b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/lemmy/update.sh
index 62159618ce2..ebe46e97a29 100755
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/lemmy/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/lemmy/update.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 # TODO set to `verbose` or `extdebug` once implemented in oil
 shopt --set xtrace
+# we need failures inside of command subs to get the correct dependency sha256
+shopt --unset inherit_errexit
 
 const directory = $(dirname $0 | xargs realpath)
 const owner = "LemmyNet"