diff --git a/helper/fetch-release b/helper/fetch-release
index 2fe87ee..dfac325 100755
--- a/helper/fetch-release
+++ b/helper/fetch-release
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ scriptDir=$(cd "${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}" && pwd)
 
 repo=fort-nix/nix-bitcoin
 if [[ ! -v version ]]; then
-    version=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases/latest" | jq -r '.tag_name' | tail -c +2)
+    version=$(curl -s --show-error "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases/latest" | jq -r '.tag_name' | tail -c +2)
 fi
 
 TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ gpg --homedir $GPG_HOME --list-keys 36C71A37C9D988BDE82508D9B1A70E4F8DCD0366 > /
 # Fetch nar-hash of release
 cd $TMPDIR
 baseUrl=https://github.com/$repo/releases/download/v$version
-curl --silent -L -O $baseUrl/nar-hash.txt
-curl --silent -L -O $baseUrl/nar-hash.txt.asc
+curl -s --show-error -L -O $baseUrl/nar-hash.txt
+curl -s --show-error -L -O $baseUrl/nar-hash.txt.asc
 
 # Verify signature for nar-hash
 gpg --homedir $GPG_HOME --verify nar-hash.txt.asc &> /dev/null || {
-    echo "Error: Signature verification failed. Please open an issue in the project repository."
+    >&2 echo "Error: Signature verification failed. Please open an issue in the project repository."
     exit 1
 }