diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b67f75..95ca5da 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ install(FILES README.md DESTINATION /usr/share/doc/domain_join/ )
 
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "domain-join")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "meta package that automates domain join for ubuntu systems")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "1.0.16")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "1.0.17")
 set(SYSTEM_ARCH "all")
 
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "realmd,sssd,sssd-tools,samba-common,packagekit,samba-common-bin,samba-libs,adcli,cifs-utils,libpam-mount,libpam-ccreds,findutils,dialog,libpam-sss,coreutils,xmlstarlet,smbclient,pcregrep,keyutils")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f23882..a47dad7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 # Why domain join?
 In a Enterprise environment it is state of the art to have a network that is managed by a domain controller. In Linux it can be a pain to join to a AD domain. In order to make it nearly as convenient as in windows to join the domain, this script has been written.
 # Installation
-Download [here](https://github.com/majojoe/domain_join/releases/download/v1.0.16/domain-join-1.0.16-linux-amd64.deb) and install the \*.deb package provided using the following command:
+Download [here](https://github.com/majojoe/domain_join/releases/download/v1.0.17/domain-join-1.0.17-linux-amd64.deb) and install the \*.deb package provided using the following command:
 ```bash
-sudo apt install ./domain-join-1.0.16-linux-amd64.deb
+sudo apt install ./domain-join-1.0.17-linux-amd64.deb
 ```
 # Join a domain
 Execute the join script as so:
diff --git a/src/domain_join.sh b/src/domain_join.sh
index aebbcb5..69cc19a 100644
--- a/src/domain_join.sh
+++ b/src/domain_join.sh
@@ -341,13 +341,17 @@ set_sudo_users_or_groups() {
                                 #use fully qualified domain names
                                 echo "\"${I_NO_SPACE}@${DN}\" ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" >> "${SUDOERS_AD_FILE}"
                                 if ! [[ "${I_NO_SPACE}" = %* ]]; then
+                                        set +e
                                         usermod -aG sudo "${I_NO_SPACE}@${DN}"
+                                        set -e
                                         echo "${I_NO_SPACE}@${DN}" >> "${DU_SUDO_FILE}"
                                 fi
                         else
                                 echo "\"${I_NO_SPACE}\" ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" >> "${SUDOERS_AD_FILE}"
                                 if ! [[ "${I_NO_SPACE}" = %* ]]; then
+                                        set +e
                                         usermod -aG sudo "${I_NO_SPACE}"
+                                        set -e
                                         echo "${I_NO_SPACE}" >> "${DU_SUDO_FILE}"
                                 fi
                         fi