diff --git a/bin/test/run-api-tests.sh b/bin/test/run-api-tests.sh
index 5d256c33..75a51387 100755
--- a/bin/test/run-api-tests.sh
+++ b/bin/test/run-api-tests.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@ vendor/bin/zend-expressive-swoole start -d
 sleep 2
 
 vendor/bin/phpunit --order-by=random -c phpunit-api.xml --testdox --colors=always
-
-# Capture tests exit code
 testsExitCode=$?
 
 vendor/bin/zend-expressive-swoole stop
 
 # Exit this script with the same code as the tests. If tests failed, this script has to fail
-exit testsExitCode
+exit $testsExitCode