diff --git a/src/warden-server/sh/install.sh b/src/warden-server/sh/install.sh
index 220ff976ce6a6b1ce366d06505a91caeccb2ba88..ba13adc7b69e02083c08795be7831d9e6f560d2f 100755
--- a/src/warden-server/sh/install.sh
+++ b/src/warden-server/sh/install.sh
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ watchdog_conf="${etc}/warden-watchdog.conf"
 server_conf_tmpl="${dirname}/etc/warden-server.conf.tmpl"
 apache_conf_tmpl="${dirname}/etc/warden-apache.conf.tmpl"
 watchdog_conf_tmpl="${dirname}/etc/warden-watchdog.conf.tmpl"
-package_version=$(<"${dirname}/etc/package_version")
+package_version=$(<"${dirname}/etc/package_version") 2> "$err" || err
 manifest="${dirname}/doc/MANIFEST"