diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/remixd.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/remixd.test.ts
index 44b713a4c7..9a2fa084cf 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/remixd.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/remixd.test.ts
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ function testImportFromRemixd(browser: NightwatchBrowser, callback: VoidFunction
 
 async function spawnRemixd(path: string): Promise<ChildProcess> {
   const remixd = spawn('yarn run remixd', [`-s ${path}`], { cwd: process.cwd(), shell: true, detached: true })
-  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     remixd.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
       console.log('stdout: ' + data.toString())
       if(
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ async function spawnRemixd(path: string): Promise<ChildProcess> {
     })
     remixd.stderr.on('err', function (data) {
       console.log('err: ' + data.toString())
+      reject(data.toString())
     })
   })
 }