diff --git a/extras/hs-test/Makefile b/extras/hs-test/Makefile
index 83a42c8..2a50158 100644
--- a/extras/hs-test/Makefile
+++ b/extras/hs-test/Makefile
@@ -119,30 +119,26 @@
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: .deps.ok .build.ok
-	@# '-' ignores the exit status, it is set in compress.sh
-	@# necessary so gmake won't skip executing the bash script
-	@-bash ./hs_test.sh --persist=$(PERSIST) --verbose=$(VERBOSE) \
+	@bash ./hs_test.sh --persist=$(PERSIST) --verbose=$(VERBOSE) \
 		--unconfigure=$(UNCONFIGURE) --debug=$(DEBUG) --test=$(TEST) --cpus=$(CPUS) \
-		--vppsrc=$(VPPSRC) --parallel=$(PARALLEL) --repeat=$(REPEAT) --cpu0=$(CPU0)
-	@bash ./script/compress.sh
+		--vppsrc=$(VPPSRC) --parallel=$(PARALLEL) --repeat=$(REPEAT) --cpu0=$(CPU0); \
+		./script/compress.sh $$?
+
 
 .PHONY: test-debug
 test-debug: .deps.ok .build_debug.ok
-	@# '-' ignores the exit status, it is set in compress.sh
-	@# necessary so gmake won't skip executing the bash script
-	@-bash ./hs_test.sh --persist=$(PERSIST) --verbose=$(VERBOSE) \
+	@bash ./hs_test.sh --persist=$(PERSIST) --verbose=$(VERBOSE) \
 		--unconfigure=$(UNCONFIGURE) --debug=$(DEBUG) --test=$(TEST) --cpus=$(CPUS) \
 		--vppsrc=$(VPPSRC) --parallel=$(PARALLEL) --repeat=$(REPEAT) --debug_build=true \
-		--cpu0=$(CPU0)
-	@bash ./script/compress.sh
+		--cpu0=$(CPU0); \
+		./script/compress.sh $$?
 
 .PHONY: test-cov
 test-cov: .deps.ok .build.cov.ok
-	@-bash ./hs_test.sh --persist=$(PERSIST) --verbose=$(VERBOSE) \
+	@bash ./hs_test.sh --persist=$(PERSIST) --verbose=$(VERBOSE) \
 		--unconfigure=$(UNCONFIGURE) --debug=$(DEBUG) --test=$(TEST-HS) --cpus=$(CPUS) \
-		--vppsrc=$(VPPSRC) --cpu0=$(CPU0)
-	@$(MAKE) -C ../.. test-cov-post HS_TEST=1
-	@bash ./script/compress.sh
+		--vppsrc=$(VPPSRC) --cpu0=$(CPU0); \
+		./script/compress.sh $$?
 
 .PHONY: test-leak
 test-leak: .deps.ok .build_debug.ok
diff --git a/extras/hs-test/hs_test.sh b/extras/hs-test/hs_test.sh
index c53c5a9..c72ef73 100644
--- a/extras/hs-test/hs_test.sh
+++ b/extras/hs-test/hs_test.sh
@@ -124,5 +124,16 @@
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 sudo -E go run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo --json-report=summary/report.json $ginkgo_args -- $args
 
-jq -r '.[0] | .SpecReports[] | select((.State == "failed") or (.State == "timedout") or (.State == "panicked")) | select(.Failure != null) | "TestName: \(.LeafNodeText)\nSuite:\n\(.Failure.FailureNodeLocation.FileName)\nMessage:\n\(.Failure.Message)\n Full Stack Trace:\n\(.Failure.Location.FullStackTrace)\n"' summary/report.json > summary/failed-summary.log \
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    jq -r '.[0] | .SpecReports[] | select((.State == "failed") or (.State == "timedout") or (.State == "panicked")) | select(.Failure != null) |
+"TestName:
+    \(.LeafNodeText)
+Suite:
+    \(.Failure.FailureNodeLocation.FileName)
+Message:
+\(.Failure.Message)"
+     + (if .Failure.Message == "A spec timeout occurred" then "\n" else
+"\nFull Stack Trace:
+\(.Failure.Location.FullStackTrace)\n" end)' summary/report.json > summary/failed-summary.log \
 	&& echo "Summary generated -> summary/failed-summary.log"
+fi
diff --git a/extras/hs-test/script/compress.sh b/extras/hs-test/script/compress.sh
index 6547748..09db9b6 100755
--- a/extras/hs-test/script/compress.sh
+++ b/extras/hs-test/script/compress.sh
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@
     echo "*************************** SUMMARY ***************************"
     cat "${HS_ROOT}/summary/failed-summary.log"
     exit 1
+else
+    exit $1
 fi