diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d603cfe6d..3596c6e9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 name: Tests
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-precheckfail
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-3
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 on:
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       - build
     uses: canonical/data-platform-workflows/.github/workflows/release_charm.yaml@v22.0.0
     with:
-      channel: 8.0/edge/test-refresh-v3-precheckfail
+      channel: 8.0/edge/test-refresh-v3-uncaught
       artifact-prefix: ${{ needs.build.outputs.artifact-prefix }}
       create-github-release: false
     secrets:
diff --git a/src/kubernetes_charm.py b/src/kubernetes_charm.py
index 6024edcbb..86d92c06c 100755
--- a/src/kubernetes_charm.py
+++ b/src/kubernetes_charm.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args) -> None:
             if self.unit.is_leader():
                 self.app.status = ops.MaintenanceStatus("Waiting for peer relation")
             exit()
+        raise Exception
 
     @property
     def _subordinate_relation_endpoint_names(self) -> typing.Optional[typing.Iterable[str]]: