diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e34cb55eb..76782dea9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ test_lint_pmd_checkstyle:
     - sed -i -e 's,textReport .*,textReport true,' app/build.gradle
     - ./gradlew testFullDebugUnitTest
     - ./gradlew lint
-    - ./gradlew pmd || export EXITVALUE=1
-    - ./gradlew checkstyle || export EXITVALUE=1
-    - ./tools/check-format-strings.py || export EXITVALUE=1
-    - ./tools/check-fastlane-whitespace.py || export EXITVALUE=1
-    - ./tools/remove-unused-and-blank-translations.py || export EXITVALUE=1
+    - ./gradlew pmd || (export EXITVALUE=1; echo ERROR !!)
+    - ./gradlew checkstyle || (export EXITVALUE=1; echo ERROR !!)
+    - ./tools/check-format-strings.py || (export EXITVALUE=1; echo ERROR !!)
+    - ./tools/check-fastlane-whitespace.py || (export EXITVALUE=1; echo ERROR !!)
+    - ./tools/remove-unused-and-blank-translations.py || (export EXITVALUE=1; echo ERROR !!)
     - echo "These are unused or blank translations that should be removed:"
-    - git --no-pager diff --ignore-all-space --name-only --exit-code app/src/*/res/values*/strings.xml || export EXITVALUE=1
+    - git --no-pager diff --ignore-all-space --name-only --exit-code app/src/*/res/values*/strings.xml || (export EXITVALUE=1; echo ERROR !!)
     - exit $EXITVALUE
 
 errorprone: