diff --git a/.github/workflows/Continuous_Integration_Backend.yml b/.github/workflows/Continuous_Integration_Backend.yml
index 7664d260c..10833cd1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Continuous_Integration_Backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Continuous_Integration_Backend.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ jobs:
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
         flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
         # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+        flake8 . --count --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: pytest server