diff --git a/.github/workflows/node-api.yml b/.github/workflows/node-api.yml
index 3c45e2800..7bf63e65f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node-api.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node-api.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Python API
         working-directory: ./api-node
         run: yarn python-api:build
+      - name: Build Node API
+        working-directory: ./api-node
+        run: yarn build:ci
       - name: Run E2E tests
         working-directory: ./api-node
         run: yarn test:e2e:ci
diff --git a/api-node/scripts/run-e2e-tests.ts b/api-node/scripts/run-e2e-tests.ts
index 65f0980f3..0ec15db70 100644
--- a/api-node/scripts/run-e2e-tests.ts
+++ b/api-node/scripts/run-e2e-tests.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ nodeApi.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
   console.error('[NestJS]', data.toString());
 });
 
+nodeApi.on('close', (code) => {
+  if (code !== 0) {
+    console.error(`NestJS finished with code ${code}`);
+    process.exit(code);
+  }
+});
+
 const pythonApi = childProcess.spawn('yarn', ['python-api:start']);
 
 pythonApi.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
@@ -36,6 +43,13 @@ pythonApi.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
   console.error('[Flask]', data.toString());
 });
 
+pythonApi.on('close', (code) => {
+  if (code !== 0) {
+    console.error(`Flask finished with code ${code}`);
+    process.exit(code);
+  }
+});
+
 function checkAndRunTests(): void {
   console.log('checkAndRunTests', { nodeApiStarted, pythonApiStarted });
   if (nodeApiStarted && pythonApiStarted) {