diff --git a/tests/test_functional.py b/tests/test_functional.py
index 030984d82cb780c4e50c441e8e72fd1f5fb6f100..4dc57a8a9a0a5648856a80e507a868826a00280d 100644
--- a/tests/test_functional.py
+++ b/tests/test_functional.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def test_main(tmpdir, capsys):
                                               "30", "-m", "10", "-p", "4",
                                               "-b", "-t", str(h_file)]):
             FindRecombinationsAmongGenomes.main()
-    assert pytest_wrapped_e.type == SystemExit
+    assert pytest_wrapped_e.value.code == 1
     # Error output
     captured = capsys.readouterr()
     assert "File error: enable to understand type of file {} "\