diff --git a/extractor/cli/go-bootstrap/go-bootstrap.go b/extractor/cli/go-bootstrap/go-bootstrap.go
index ff158d57214..603da2b8027 100644
--- a/extractor/cli/go-bootstrap/go-bootstrap.go
+++ b/extractor/cli/go-bootstrap/go-bootstrap.go
@@ -48,4 +48,7 @@ func main() {
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 `, export))
 	err = ioutil.WriteFile(buildSteps, content, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 }