diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b305af5..e70a452 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standa
 
 * node 6 and node 8 are no longer supported. To use this package you must upgrade to node 10 or higher.
 
+* If using threshold reporting and the programmatic karma api, then the exitCode will no longer be returned as 1 when thresholds are not met.
+
 ### Features
 
 * upgrade to latest istanbul api ([28cbbfb](https://github.com/mattlewis92/karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter/commit/28cbbfb2cf8bd5b9533ceb489cc5047ff3def730))
@@ -217,4 +219,4 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standa
 
 # 0.1.0
 
-* Initial release
\ No newline at end of file
+* Initial release
diff --git a/src/reporter.js b/src/reporter.js
index be106ce..15c67e7 100644
--- a/src/reporter.js
+++ b/src/reporter.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function CoverageIstanbulReporter(baseReporterDecorator, logger, config) {
     }
   }
 
-  async function createReport(browserOrBrowsers, results) {
+  async function createReport(browserOrBrowsers) {
     const reportConfigOverride =
       !coverageConfig.combineBrowserReports && coverageConfig.dir
         ? {
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ function CoverageIstanbulReporter(baseReporterDecorator, logger, config) {
       });
     });
 
-    if (thresholdCheckFailed && results && !thresholds.emitWarning) {
-      results.exitCode = 1;
+    if (thresholdCheckFailed && !thresholds.emitWarning && config.singleRun) {
+      process.on('exit', () => {
+        process.exit(1);
+      });
     }
   }
 
@@ -226,15 +228,13 @@ function CoverageIstanbulReporter(baseReporterDecorator, logger, config) {
   };
 
   const baseReporterOnRunComplete = this.onRunComplete;
-  this.onRunComplete = async function (browsers, results) {
+  this.onRunComplete = async function (browsers) {
     Reflect.apply(baseReporterOnRunComplete, this, arguments);
 
     if (coverageConfig.combineBrowserReports) {
-      await createReport(browsers, results);
+      await createReport(browsers);
     } else {
-      await Promise.all(
-        browsers.map((browser) => createReport(browser, results))
-      );
+      await Promise.all(browsers.map((browser) => createReport(browser)));
     }
   };
 }