diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpp_examples.yml b/.github/workflows/cpp_examples.yml
index 94b78d832..ecc21fd3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cpp_examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cpp_examples.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ jobs:
         TEST_STDOUT=$(./examples/array_multiplication/build/src/kompute_array_mult)
         echo "$TEST_STDOUT"
         TEST_CODE=$?
-        echo "$TEST_CODE"
-        TEST_MATCH= echo $TEST_STDOUT | grep -q "Output: {  0  4  12  }"
-        echo "$TEST_MATCH"
+        echo "Exit value for test run: $TEST_CODE"
+        echo $TEST_STDOUT | grep -q "Output: {  0  4  12  }"
+        TEST_MATCH=$?
+        echo "Exit value for text match: $TEST_MATCH"
         exit $(($TEST_CODE + $TEST_MATCH))