diff --git a/docs/guide.md b/docs/guide.md
index 03100f1..0e943be 100644
--- a/docs/guide.md
+++ b/docs/guide.md
@@ -383,9 +383,11 @@ non-interactively, as below. The paramaters to the PowerShell script are
 specified positionally, after `-ArgumentList`:
 
 ```ps
-Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force;[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072;Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([ScriptBlock]::Create((Invoke-WebRequest https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/sh/bootstrap-haskell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing))) -ArgumentList $false,$true,$true,$false,$false,$false,$false,"C:\"
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force;[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072;try { Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([ScriptBlock]::Create((Invoke-WebRequest https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/sh/bootstrap-haskell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing))) -ArgumentList $false,$true,$true,$false,$false,$false,$false,"C:\" } catch { Write-Error $_ }
 ```
 
+`$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'` here acts like `set -e` and stops execution if ghcup installation fails.
+
 On linux/darwin/freebsd, run the following on your runner:
 
 ```sh
@@ -473,5 +475,5 @@ There are two known workarounds:
 On windows, you can disable curl like so:
 
 ```pwsh
-Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force;[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072;Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([ScriptBlock]::Create((Invoke-WebRequest https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/sh/bootstrap-haskell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing))) -ArgumentList $true,$false,$false,$false,$false,$false,$false,"","","","",$true
+Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force;[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072;try { Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([ScriptBlock]::Create((Invoke-WebRequest https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/sh/bootstrap-haskell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing))) -ArgumentList $true,$false,$false,$false,$false,$false,$false,"","","","",$true } catch { Write-Error $_ }
 ```
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 681a890..947b714 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ hide:
 
       <div class="command-button">
 	    <pre>
-          <span class="ghcup-command" id="ghcup-command-windows">Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force;[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072;Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([ScriptBlock]::Create((Invoke-WebRequest https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/sh/bootstrap-haskell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing))) -ArgumentList $true
+          <span class="ghcup-command" id="ghcup-command-windows">Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force;[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; try { Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([ScriptBlock]::Create((Invoke-WebRequest https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/sh/bootstrap-haskell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing))) -ArgumentList $true } catch { Write-Error $_ }
           </span>
         </pre>
         <button class="btn" onclick="copyToClipboardWin()" id="ghcup-windows-button"><i class="fa fa-copy"></i></button>
diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index 5fd027c..120cad8 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh
 For Windows, run this in a PowerShell session:
 
 ```psh
-Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force;[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072;Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([ScriptBlock]::Create((Invoke-WebRequest https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/sh/bootstrap-haskell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing))) -ArgumentList $true
+Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force;[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; try { Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([ScriptBlock]::Create((Invoke-WebRequest https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/sh/bootstrap-haskell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing))) -ArgumentList $true } catch { Write-Error $_ }
 ```
 
 There's also a [youtube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB4fmQiUYPw) explaining installation on windows.