diff --git a/autotest.sh b/autotest.sh
index 61c21dc0ba..d8d7581771 100755
--- a/autotest.sh
+++ b/autotest.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 # @copyright 2012-2015 Thomas Müller thomas.mueller@tmit.eu
 #
 
-set -e
-
 #$EXECUTOR_NUMBER is set by Jenkins and allows us to run autotest in parallel
 DATABASENAME=oc_autotest$EXECUTOR_NUMBER
 DATABASEUSER=oc_autotest$EXECUTOR_NUMBER
@@ -34,6 +32,8 @@ fi
 PHP=$(which "$PHP_EXE")
 PHPUNIT=$(which phpunit)
 
+set -e
+
 _XDEBUG_CONFIG=$XDEBUG_CONFIG
 unset XDEBUG_CONFIG