diff --git a/yarn-project/canary/Dockerfile b/yarn-project/canary/Dockerfile
index 3411ed2ca0a..d24db9ae861 100644
--- a/yarn-project/canary/Dockerfile
+++ b/yarn-project/canary/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-FROM 278380418400.dkr.ecr.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/yarn-project-base AS builder
+FROM 278380418400.dkr.ecr.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/yarn-project-base AS builder
 
 RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache udev ttf-freefont chromium curl jq bash
 ENV CHROME_BIN="/usr/bin/chromium-browser" PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD="true"
 
-ARG COMMIT_TAG="0.7.5"
+ARG COMMIT_TAG="."
 
 COPY . .
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/setup_canary.sh b/yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/setup_canary.sh
index 2f519f6405f..6d6806fed08 100755
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/setup_canary.sh
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/setup_canary.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ TARGET_PKGS_FILE=$2
 # Check if file exists and read it into an array
 if [ -f "$TARGET_PKGS_FILE" ]; then
   mapfile -t TARGET_PKGS < <(cat "$TARGET_PKGS_FILE")
-  echo "Loaded array:"
+  echo "Loaded package array:"
   for i in "${TARGET_PKGS[@]}"; do
     echo "$i"
   done
@@ -20,7 +20,16 @@ if [ -z "$COMMIT_TAG" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+set +e  # Temporarily disable exit on error
 VERSION=$(npx semver $COMMIT_TAG)
+RESULT=$?  # Capture the exit status of the last command
+set -e  # Re-enable exit on error
+
+if [ $RESULT -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Error when running 'npx semver' with commit tag: $COMMIT_TAG"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
   echo "$COMMIT_TAG is not a semantic version."
   exit 1