diff --git a/tests/env-vars.sh b/tests/env-vars.sh
index 1760f4f28..1b9105276 100755
--- a/tests/env-vars.sh
+++ b/tests/env-vars.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export EWMS_PILOT_TIMEOUT_QUEUE_WAIT_FOR_FIRST_MESSAGE=${EWMS_PILOT_TIMEOUT_QUEU
 export EWMS_PILOT_TIMEOUT_QUEUE_INCOMING=${EWMS_PILOT_TIMEOUT_QUEUE_INCOMING:-5}
 export EWMS_PILOT_TASK_TIMEOUT=${EWMS_PILOT_TASK_TIMEOUT:-$((1 * 10))} # $((60 * 10))} # TODO - adjust / add option to pilot to not exit on task timeouts (just nack)
 export EWMS_PILOT_STOP_LISTENING_ON_TASK_ERROR=${EWMS_PILOT_STOP_LISTENING_ON_TASK_ERROR:-"True"}
-export EWMS_PILOT_OKAY_ERRORS=${EWMS_PILOT_STOP_LISTENING_ON_TASK_ERROR:-"TimeoutError"} # this is a space-delimited list
+export EWMS_PILOT_OKAY_ERRORS=${EWMS_PILOT_OKAY_ERRORS:-"TimeoutError"} # this is a space-delimited list
 #      ^^^ if EWMS_PILOT_STOP_LISTENING_ON_TASK_ERROR=false (or similar: no, 0, etc.), then this var is ignored
 # -> server
 export SKYSCAN_MQ_TIMEOUT_FROM_CLIENTS=${SKYSCAN_MQ_TIMEOUT_FROM_CLIENTS:-$((60 * 10))} # just need a big value -- only used to detect MIA workers (it isn't important in a successful scan)