diff --git a/gitlab/functions.sh b/gitlab/functions.sh
index e4e0ad896c84ef11643a102a068f81a7a58c2bef..9a168efd2c84b0b16b204caa0bc7883c70690bda 100644
--- a/gitlab/functions.sh
+++ b/gitlab/functions.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ doc_upload() {
   check_pass DOCUSER
   check_pass DOCPASS
   log_info "${1} -> ${DOCSERVER}/${2}, via curl..."
-  curl --location --silent --user "${DOCUSER}:${DOCPASS}" --upload-file ${1} ${DOCSERVER}/${2}
+  curl --location --silent --show-error --user "${DOCUSER}:${DOCPASS}" --upload-file ${1} ${DOCSERVER}/${2}
   local status=$?
   if [ ${status} != 0 ]; then
     log_error "Curl command finished with an error condition (status=${status})"
diff --git a/gitlab/install.sh b/gitlab/install.sh
index fa0b05fa83ed6355f75c20e604a7fdff0170e41e..6346184a4de8ea25eb24d8f27611c657ff26b9e7 100755
--- a/gitlab/install.sh
+++ b/gitlab/install.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ run_cmd() {
 
 
 get_script() {
-  local curlopt="--location --output ${1}/${2}"
+  local curlopt="--location --silent --show-error --output ${1}/${2}"
   if [ -e ${1}/${2} ]; then #check for updates
     local checkopt="${curlopt} --time-cond ${1}/${2} --silent"
     checkopt="${checkopt} --write-out %{http_code}"