diff --git a/recipes/vcf-validator/build.sh b/recipes/vcf-validator/build.sh
index f34d2da55bd8b..b480520206ed5 100644
--- a/recipes/vcf-validator/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/vcf-validator/build.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
 # Install additional dependencies
 if [ -z ${OSX_ARCH+x} ]; then
   ./install_dependencies.sh linux
-  mkdir build
-  cd build
-  cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" ..
 else
   ./install_dependencies.sh osx
-  mkdir build
-  cd build
-  cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" ..
 fi
-make -j2
-cd ..
-./build/bin/test_validation_suite
-echo "Done with vcf-validator"
\ No newline at end of file
+mkdir build || { echo "Failed to create build directory" >&2; exit 1; }
+cd build || { echo "Failed to go into build directory" >&2; exit 1; }
+cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" ..
+make -j2 || { echo "Build failed" >&2; exit 1; }
+cd .. || { echo "Failed to return to parent directory" >&2; exit 1; }
+if ! ./build/bin/test_validation_suite; then
+  echo "Validation suite failed" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "Done with vcf-validator"
diff --git a/recipes/vcf-validator/meta.yaml b/recipes/vcf-validator/meta.yaml
index e149696b88801..97f15a68fa213 100644
--- a/recipes/vcf-validator/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/vcf-validator/meta.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test:
 
 about:
   home: https://github.com/EBIVariation/vcf-validator
-  summary: EBI EVA -
+  summary: EBI EVA - Validation tool for VCF file format compliance
   license: Apache-2.0
   license_file: LICENSE