diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f8f23f17bd77fb5e46bfc1b68c7ed81ce1fa85a9..f8ccede294dee25395b281a162d3b2a30c753dec 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ two spaces:
   - echo "== Files having more than one space betwee two characters =="
   - find docs.it4i/ -name '*.md' ! -path "docs.it4i/software*" -exec grep -nr "[[:alpha:]]  [[:alpha:]]" -l {} +
   script:
-  - find docs.it4i/ -name '*.md' ! -path "docs.it4i/software*" -exec grep -nr "[[:alpha:]]  [[:alpha:]]" -l {} + && return 0 || return 1
+  - find docs.it4i/ -name '*.md' ! -path "docs.it4i/software*" -exec grep -nr "[[:alpha:]]  [[:alpha:]]" -l {} + && exit 0 || exit 1
 
 capitalize:
   stage: test