diff --git a/apps/wolfsshd/test/error_return.sh b/apps/wolfsshd/test/error_return.sh
index 63e88a15..0c00336e 100755
--- a/apps/wolfsshd/test/error_return.sh
+++ b/apps/wolfsshd/test/error_return.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -z "$2" ]; then
     exit -1
 fi
 
-echo "$TEST_CLIENT -c 'ls error' -u $USER -i $PRIVATE_KEY -j $PUBLIC_KEY -h \"$1\" -p \"$2\""
-$TEST_CLIENT -c 'ls error' -u $USER -i $PRIVATE_KEY -j $PUBLIC_KEY -h "$1" -p "$2"
+echo "$TEST_CLIENT -c 'bash -c \"(exit 2)\"' -u $USER -i $PRIVATE_KEY -j $PUBLIC_KEY -h \"$1\" -p \"$2\""
+$TEST_CLIENT -c 'bash -c "(exit 2)"' -u $USER -i $PRIVATE_KEY -j $PUBLIC_KEY -h "$1" -p "$2"
 RESULT=$?
 if [ "$RESULT" != 2 ]; then
     echo "Expecting error return value of 2 for failed ls command, found $RESULT"