diff --git a/bin/test-php-docker-running b/bin/test-php-docker-running
index c83b8e11337a696d8b63bf86562999dbf8f8351c..f6cda3f04b3d9bfdaf3b4459706407bb03408ff1 100755
--- a/bin/test-php-docker-running
+++ b/bin/test-php-docker-running
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-make docker-php-status > /dev/null 2>&1
-
-if [ $? != 0 ]
+if [[ $(make docker-php-status > /dev/null 2>&1) != 0 ]]
 then
     make docker-start > /dev/null
 fi
@@ -11,4 +9,4 @@ fi
 if [ $? != 0 ]
 then
     exit 1
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi