diff --git a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/Program.cs b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/Program.cs
index 2cd622a94e..6c96459a92 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/Program.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/Program.cs
@@ -342,10 +342,12 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Deploy
             };
 
             Process p = Process.Start(psi);
-            if (p == null || p.ExitCode == 0) return true;
+            if (p == null) return false;
 
             string output = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
 
+            if (p.ExitCode == 0) return true;
+
             write(output);
             error($"Command {command} {args} failed!");
             return false;