diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 6c13ac8..8d0db73 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ pipeline:
     image: debian
     commands:
       - echo "Testing.."
+      - echo "exiting with failure code" && exit -1 # to test if Gitea emails user
 
 branches: [ master, feature/* ]