diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2b5d811dfa50f1560f5e51fe435d5b7c6e004b0e..f5d4d9e1587db6548bb4a504532ab009bd233f75 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -250,11 +250,12 @@ pages:
           git fetch origin "$branch"
           git worktree add "$worktree" --checkout "$branch"
           (
-            set -e
             cd "$worktree"
             sudo ./install_base.sh --install-doc-extras
 
-            source ./init_env
+            set +e
+            source ./init_env || return 1
+            set -e
             audit
 
             export LC_ALL=C