diff --git a/build_scripts/windows/win_VS_build_x64_debug.bat b/build_scripts/windows/win_VS_build_x64_debug.bat
index 4ca320d52e5939c4288a266ba463cf37f977d862..ca09d554283d2f147c7bebdbf15ebf8ad895bcba 100644
--- a/build_scripts/windows/win_VS_build_x64_debug.bat
+++ b/build_scripts/windows/win_VS_build_x64_debug.bat
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ IF "%REBUILD_BOOST%"=="yes" (
 
     echo "DEPENDENCIES_LINK_TYPE %DEPENDENCIES_LINK_TYPE%"
 	
-	.\b2 --layout=system variant=debug link=%DEPENDENCIES_LINK_TYPE% address-model=64 --with-system --with-serialization --with-random
+	.\b2 --layout=system variant=debug link=%DEPENDENCIES_LINK_TYPE% address-model=64 --with-system --with-serialization --with-random || exit 1
 	
 	cd ..\..\build_scripts\windows
 )
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ IF "%BUILD_SOMETHING_LIB%"=="yes" (
 	cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=%CXX_COMPILER% -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=%C_COMPILER% -DBOOST_ROOT=%BOOST_ROOT% -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=%BOOST_LIBRARYDIR% -DBOOST_INCLUDEDIR=%BOOST_INCLUDEDIR% -DBUILD_TESTS=%BUILD_TESTS% -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=%BUILD_EXAMPLES% -DBUILD_LIB=%BUILD_LIB% -DLIB4NEURO_DIR=build\lib -DDEPENDENCIES_LINK_TYPE=%DEPENDENCIES_LINK_TYPE% . || exit 1 
 	
 	title Building the 'lib4neuro' project for Debug (building)
-	(cmake --build . --config Debug) && (echo "Build complete.") || ( echo "Build finished with errors!"; exit 1 )
+	(cmake --build . --config Debug) && (echo "Build complete.") || exit 1
 
 	cd build_scripts\windows