diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index a7c0f3f..16382b3 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -80,14 +80,16 @@ nvm_node_version() {
 
 nvm_download() {
   if nvm_has "curl"; then
-    curl --compressed -q "$@"
+    curl --fail --compressed -q "$@"
   elif nvm_has "wget"; then
     # Emulate curl with wget
-    ARGS=$(echo "$*" | command sed -e 's/--progress-bar /--progress=bar /' \
-                            -e 's/-L //' \
+    ARGS=$(nvm_echo "$@" | command sed -e 's/--progress-bar /--progress=bar /' \
                             -e 's/--compressed //' \
+                            -e 's/--fail //' \
+                            -e 's/-L //' \
                             -e 's/-I /--server-response /' \
                             -e 's/-s /-q /' \
+                            -e 's/-sS /-nv /' \
                             -e 's/-o /-O /' \
                             -e 's/-C - /-c /')
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086