@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ EOD

 expect_failure() {

 	cat > 'in.tal'

-	if ../bin/uxncli asma.rom > asma.log 2>/dev/null || ! grep -qF "${1}" asma.log; then

+	../bin/uxncli asma.rom > asma.log 2>/dev/null

+	if ! grep -qF "${1}" asma.log; then

 		echo "error: asma didn't report error ${1} in faulty code"

 		tail asma.log

 		exit 1

@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ find ../projects -type f -name '*.tal' -not -name 'blank.tal' | sort | while rea

 	xxd "uxnasm-${BN}.rom" > "uxnasm-${BN}.hex"

 	cp "${F}" 'in.tal'

-	if ! ../bin/uxncli asma.rom > asma.log; then

+	rm -f 'out.rom'

+	../bin/uxncli asma.rom > asma.log

+	if [ ! -f 'out.rom' ]; then

 		echo "error: asma failed to assemble ${F}, while uxnasm succeeded"

 		tail asma.log

 		exit 1