diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 353e3ba0..4f324e12 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         "test:mocked:challenges": "mocha --forbid-only --bail --recursive --config config/.mocharc.json  test/challenges",
         "test:node:parallel:all": "mocha --forbid-only --bail --parallel --recursive --config config/.mocharc.json test/node test/node-and-browser",
         "test:node:parallel:local": "mocha --forbid-only --parallel --recursive --config config/.mocharc.json test/node",
-        "test:node:local": "mocha --forbid-only --recursive --bail --config config/.mocharc.json test/node",
+        "test:node:local": "mocha --forbid-only --exit --recursive --bail --config config/.mocharc.json test/node",
         "test:node:parallel:remote": "mocha --forbid-only  --parallel --recursive --config config/.mocharc.json test/node-and-browser",
         "test:node:remote": "mocha --forbid-only --bail --exit --recursive --config config/.mocharc.json test/node-and-browser",
         "test:browser:chrome": "CHROME_BIN=$(which chrome || which chromium) FIREFOX_BIN='' karma start config/karma.conf.cjs",