diff --git a/build-all-maclin.sh b/build-all-maclin.sh
index 61818f8b5..45b0cac26 100755
--- a/build-all-maclin.sh
+++ b/build-all-maclin.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
 
 echo "---------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "Building nushell (nu) with dataframes and all the plugins"
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ echo "Building nushell"
 cargo build --features=dataframe
 for plugin in "${NU_PLUGINS[@]}"
 do
-    echo '' && cd crates/$plugin
+    echo '' && cd crates/"$plugin"
     echo "Building $plugin..."
     echo "-----------------------------"
     cargo build && cd ../..
diff --git a/install-all.sh b/install-all.sh
index ef70d5848..abbf810a8 100755
--- a/install-all.sh
+++ b/install-all.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Usage: Just run `sh install-all.sh` in nushell root directory
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage: Just run `./install-all.sh` in nushell root directory
+set -euo pipefail
 
 echo "-----------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "Installing nushell (nu) with dataframes and all the plugins"
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ do
     echo "----------------------------------------------"
     echo "Install plugin $plugin from local..."
     echo "----------------------------------------------"
-    cd crates/$plugin && cargo install --path . && cd ../../
+    cd crates/"$plugin" && cargo install --path . && cd ../../
 done
diff --git a/uninstall-all.sh b/uninstall-all.sh
index ddcd46640..fa24d88ca 100755
--- a/uninstall-all.sh
+++ b/uninstall-all.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
 
 echo ''
 echo "----------------------------------------------"
@@ -15,5 +17,5 @@ NU_PLUGINS=(
 cargo uninstall nu
 for plugin in "${NU_PLUGINS[@]}"
 do
-    cargo uninstall $plugin
+    cargo uninstall "$plugin"
 done