diff --git a/check_licenses.sh b/check_licenses.sh
index 9dc761d..f06bcd6 100755
--- a/check_licenses.sh
+++ b/check_licenses.sh
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@ dir="$(pwd | sed 's/\//\n/g' | tail -n 1)"
 for toml in $(find "$PWD" -name "Cargo.toml"); do
 	printf "Project: %s\n" "$(tomcat package.name "$toml")"
 
-	if [ "$(toml_lic="$(tomcat package.license "$toml" && printf "%s\n" "$?")")" = "0" ]; then
+	set +e # disable error propogation to catch tomcat exit code
+	toml_lic="$(tomcat package.license "$toml")"
+	if ! [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
 		printf "%s: Missing license information\n" "$(printf "%s\n" "$toml" |\
 			sed "s/^.\+$dir\///g")"
 			continue
 	fi
+	set -e # re-enable error propogation for the rest of the script
 
 	for file in $(find "$(printf "%s\n" "$toml" |\
 		sed 's/Cargo\.toml/src/g')" -name "*.rs")