diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d2a920d..9fed5dc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021 Jahway603 & The Hush Developers
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Jahway603 & The Hush Developers
 # Released under the GPLv3
 #
 # Hush Lightwalletd Makefile
diff --git a/cmd/server/main_test.go b/cmd/server/main_test.go
index 77cf485..0709c4e 100644
--- a/cmd/server/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/server/main_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021 The Hush developers
+// Copyright 2021-2022 The Hush developers
 // Released under the GPLv3
 package main
 
diff --git a/util/build-debian-package-SBC.sh b/util/build-debian-package-SBC.sh
index ffbd5cc..5deba16 100755
--- a/util/build-debian-package-SBC.sh
+++ b/util/build-debian-package-SBC.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright (c) 2021 The Hush developers
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2022 The Hush developers
 # Distributed under the GPLv3 software license, see the accompanying
 # file LICENSE or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
 #
diff --git a/util/build-debian-package.sh b/util/build-debian-package.sh
index 6681111..ec4c5bc 100755
--- a/util/build-debian-package.sh
+++ b/util/build-debian-package.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2021 The Hush developers
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2022 The Hush developers
 # Distributed under the GPLv3 software license, see the accompanying
 # file LICENSE or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
 #
diff --git a/util/build.sh b/util/build.sh
index 9e634c8..a87a0b2 100755
--- a/util/build.sh
+++ b/util/build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2021 The Hush Developers
+# Copyright 2021-2022 The Hush Developers
 # Distributed under the GPLv3 software license, see the accompanying
 # file LICENSE or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
 
@@ -36,7 +36,14 @@ echo ""
 echo "You have at least go 1.13.0 installed, so starting to compile Hush lightwalletd for you..."
 cd `pwd`/cmd/server
 go build -o lightwalletd main.go
-mv lightwalletd `pwd`/../../lightwalletd
-echo ""
-echo "Hush lightwalletd is now compiled for you. Enjoy and reach out if you need support."
-echo "For options, run ./lightwalletd --help"
+# check if compile was success
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo ""
+  echo 'Error: Something went wrong and lightwalletd did not build successfully... Please reach out if you need support.' >&2
+  exit 1
+else
+  mv lightwalletd `pwd`/../../lightwalletd
+  echo ""
+  echo "Hush lightwalletd is now compiled for you. Enjoy and reach out if you need support."
+  echo "For options, run ./lightwalletd --help"
+fi
diff --git a/util/build_arm.sh b/util/build_arm.sh
index 63ddd79..4c034f1 100755
--- a/util/build_arm.sh
+++ b/util/build_arm.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2021 The Hush Developers
+# Copyright 2021-2022 The Hush Developers
 # Distributed under the GPLv3 software license, see the accompanying
 # file LICENSE or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
 #
 # Purpose: Script to build the ARM or aarch64 architecture,
 #		which is what the PinePhone boards are running
 
+# Check if go is installed on system...
+v=`go version | { read _ _ v _; echo ${v#go}; }`
+function version { echo "$@" | awk -F. '{ printf("%d%03d%03d%03d\n", $1,$2,$3,$4); }'; }
 # Check if go is installed on system and exits if it is not
 if ! [ -x "$(command -v go)" ]; then
   echo 'Error: go is not installed. Install go and try again.' >&2
   exit 1
+# If go is installed, then check system for at least version 1.13.0
+elif [ $(version $v) -lt $(version "1.13.0") ]; then
+  echo 'Error: the go version you have installed requires at least version 1.13, which your system does not have installed. Install a newer version of go and try again.' >&2
+  echo ''
+  echo "Try out gobrew to install a newer version than what your OS package manager supplies."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 echo ""
@@ -24,11 +33,19 @@ echo "+------'+------'+------'+------'+------'+------'+------'+------'+------'+-
 
 # now to compiling...
 echo ""
-echo "You have go installed, so starting to compile Hush lightwalletd for you..."
+echo "You have at least go 1.13.0 installed, so starting to compile Hush lightwalletd for you..."
 cd `pwd`/cmd/server
 env GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -o lightwalletd_aarch64 main.go
-mv lightwalletd_aarch64 lightwalletd
-mv lightwalletd `pwd`/../../lightwalletd
-echo ""
-echo "Hush lightwalletd is now compiled for your ARM farm or Pine Rock64. Enjoy and reach out if you need support."
-echo "For options, run ./lightwalletd --help"
+# check if compile was success
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo ""
+  echo 'Error: Something went wrong and lightwalletd did not build successfully... Please reach out if you need support.' >&2
+  exit 1
+else
+  mv lightwalletd_aarch64 lightwalletd
+  mv lightwalletd `pwd`/../../lightwalletd
+  echo ""
+  echo "Hush lightwalletd is now compiled for your ARM farm or Pine Rock64. Enjoy and reach out if you need support."
+  echo "For options, run ./lightwalletd --help"
+fi
+