diff --git a/nova/templates/bin/_start-osapi.sh.tpl b/nova/templates/bin/_start-osapi.sh.tpl
index 5e51c57f7c..a2bf2a2ff4 100644
--- a/nova/templates/bin/_start-osapi.sh.tpl
+++ b/nova/templates/bin/_start-osapi.sh.tpl
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex 
+
 #
 # start nova-api-osapi service
 #