diff --git a/demos/shared/test_runner/run_demo_tests.sh b/demos/shared/test_runner/run_demo_tests.sh
index 32703bfa..6e446d20 100644
--- a/demos/shared/test_runner/run_demo_tests.sh
+++ b/demos/shared/test_runner/run_demo_tests.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ do
   echo "starting docker containers"
   docker compose up -d 2>&1 > /dev/null
   echo "starting hurl tests"
-  hurl --test hurl_tests/*.hurl
-  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  if ! hurl --test hurl_tests/*.hurl; then
     echo "Hurl tests failed for $demo"
     echo "docker logs for archgw:"
     docker logs archgw