diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 3c1c3ad..f96ed80 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ inputs:
     description: "Log level (trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal) (default: info)"
     required: false
     default: "info"
-  exit-code:
+  exit_code:
     description: "exit code when leaks have been encountered (default 1)"
     required: false
     default: 1
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 5729e1c..72d9397 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ INPUT_REDACT=$(default 'true' 'false' "${INPUT_REDACT}" 'true')
 INPUT_FAIL=$(default 'true' 'false' "${INPUT_FAIL}" 'true')
 INPUT_VERBOSE=$(default 'true' 'false' "${INPUT_VERBOSE}" 'true')
 INPUT_LOG_LEVEL=$(default 'info' "${INPUT_LOG_LEVEL}" "${INPUT_LOG_LEVEL}" 'true')
-INPUT_EXIT_CODE=$(default 1 0 "${INPUT_EXIT_CODE}" 'true')
+INPUT_EXIT_CODE=$(default 1 "${INPUT_EXIT_CODE}" "${INPUT_EXIT_CODE}" 'true')
 
 echo "----------------------------------"
 echo "INPUT PARAMETERS"