diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 3329a5f..da0f86d 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ FILES=*/*/*.cpp
 
 for f in $FILES
 do
-  gcc "$f" -lstdc++ -o /dev/null
-  status=$?
-  [ $status -eq 0 ] && echo "$f was compiled successfully" || echo "Compilation of $f failed"
+  gcc "$f" -lstdc++ -o /dev/null;
+  status=$?;
+  if [ $status -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "Compilation of $f failed";
+    exit 1;
+  fi
+  echo "$f was compiled successfully";
 done