diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 817ca32830..88894a0069 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function runE2eTests(appDir, protractorConfigFilename, outputFile ) {
     // Ugh... proc.kill does not work properly on windows with child processes.
     // appRun.proc.kill();
     treeKill(appRunSpawnInfo.proc.pid);
-    return true;
+    return !data;
   }).fail(function(err) {
     // Ugh... proc.kill does not work properly on windows with child processes.
     // appRun.proc.kill();