diff --git a/test/backupninja.bats b/test/backupninja.bats
index 30604098970a201694887323a9364fa89655921c..90152de078e056679c25e7c405ef5f12beafc923 100644
--- a/test/backupninja.bats
+++ b/test/backupninja.bats
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ create_test_action() {
 
 @test "general: error thrown on attempt to run as non-root user" {
     run sudo -u vagrant backupninja -f "${BATS_TMPDIR}/backupninja.conf"
-    [ "$status" -eq 2 ]
+    [ "$status" -eq 3 ]
     [ "${lines[1]}" = "backupninja can only be run as root" ]
 }