diff --git a/tutoraspects/templates/aspects/apps/aspects/scripts/clickhouse-demo-xapi-data.sh b/tutoraspects/templates/aspects/apps/aspects/scripts/clickhouse-demo-xapi-data.sh
index ba239f9cf..2e572c309 100755
--- a/tutoraspects/templates/aspects/apps/aspects/scripts/clickhouse-demo-xapi-data.sh
+++ b/tutoraspects/templates/aspects/apps/aspects/scripts/clickhouse-demo-xapi-data.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 echo "Loading demo xAPI data..."
-xapi-db-load load-db --config_file $1
+xapi-db-load load-db --config_file $1 || { ec=$?; printf '%s\n' "Error loading demo data!" >&2; exit $ec; }
 
 echo "Done."
diff --git a/tutoraspects/templates/aspects/build/aspects/requirements.txt b/tutoraspects/templates/aspects/build/aspects/requirements.txt
index eef84c7a8..a95b0deda 100644
--- a/tutoraspects/templates/aspects/build/aspects/requirements.txt
+++ b/tutoraspects/templates/aspects/build/aspects/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ clickhouse-sqlalchemy==0.1.9
 # dbt packages
 dbt-core==1.7.0
 dbt-clickhouse==1.7.1
-git+https://github.com/openedx/xapi-db-load@1.0#egg=xapi-db-load==1.0
+git+https://github.com/openedx/xapi-db-load@1.1#egg=xapi-db-load==1.1