diff --git a/test/SpecHelper.hs b/test/SpecHelper.hs
index 5a4a8bf30..d262e198c 100644
--- a/test/SpecHelper.hs
+++ b/test/SpecHelper.hs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ resetDb dbConn = loadFixture dbConn "data"
 
 loadFixture :: Text -> FilePath -> IO()
 loadFixture dbConn name =
-  void $ readProcess "psql" [toS dbConn, "-a", "-f", "test/fixtures/" ++ name ++ ".sql"] []
+  void $ readProcess "psql" ["--set", "ON_ERROR_STOP=1", toS dbConn, "-a", "-f", "test/fixtures/" ++ name ++ ".sql"] []
 
 rangeHdrs :: ByteRange -> [Header]
 rangeHdrs r = [rangeUnit, (hRange, renderByteRange r)]