diff --git a/containers/debian/Dockerfile b/containers/debian/Dockerfile
index b6cc9caeb56494a3557dd29ae8df7a8fa93bb007..2bc2a97a463935b91740e93b5d9042811c3eae6d 100644
--- a/containers/debian/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/debian/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.8
-#check
+#check=error=true
 ARG BASE_IMAGE="amd64/debian:stable-slim"
 ARG BUILD_IMAGE="debian_stable_base"
 
diff --git a/containers/eic/Dockerfile b/containers/eic/Dockerfile
index a825f67a926035c0c9520c2fce454773bffa0e7d..2a0331fcdbc41e0bfd8e3475fecbf18294343c9e 100644
--- a/containers/eic/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/eic/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.10
-#check
+#check=error=true
 ARG DOCKER_REGISTRY="eicweb/"
 ARG BUILDER_IMAGE="debian_stable_base"
 ARG RUNTIME_IMAGE="debian_stable_base"