diff --git a/IPython/core/magics/script.py b/IPython/core/magics/script.py
index d84b271..8b7f6f9 100644
--- a/IPython/core/magics/script.py
+++ b/IPython/core/magics/script.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def script_args(f):
             """
         ),
         magic_arguments.argument(
-            '--raise-error', action="store_true",
+            '--no-raise-error', action="store_false", dest='raise_error',
             help="""Whether you should raise an error message in addition to 
             a stream on stderr if you get a nonzero exit code.
             """
diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/bash_raise_default.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/bash_raise_default.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc2a14e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/bash_raise_default.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+The ``%%script`` (as well as ``%%bash``, ``ruby``... ) cell magic no raise by
+default if the return code of the given code is non-zero (this halting execution
+of further cells in a notebook). The behavior can be disable by passing the
+``--no-raise-error`` flag.