diff --git a/silecs-codegen/src/xml/runTests.py b/silecs-codegen/src/xml/runTests.py
index bf970b4941cdf31f3a75a0669c53d4a19b24ad7b..47bbe88348dfa4c4b7267c02f2f98674db761738 100644
--- a/silecs-codegen/src/xml/runTests.py
+++ b/silecs-codegen/src/xml/runTests.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ def runTests():
     print "# Test suite finished - no failures detected ! #"
     print "################################################"
 
+    sys.exit(0)
+
 # ********************** module stand alone code **********************
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     runTests()