diff --git a/makephar.php b/makephar.php
index 09d7363ef..4a819149b 100755
--- a/makephar.php
+++ b/makephar.php
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ $p->addFromString('.git/refs/heads/master', $argv[3]);
 $p->setStub('<?php
 $backtrace = debug_backtrace();
 if (!isset($backtrace[0]["file"]) || !in_array(basename($backtrace[0]["file"]), ["madeline.php", "phar.php", "testing.php"])) {
-    die("madeline.phar cannot be required manually: use the automatic loader, instead: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/INSTALLATION.html#simple".PHP_EOL);
+    echo("madeline.phar cannot be required manually: use the automatic loader, instead: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/INSTALLATION.html#simple".PHP_EOL);
+    die(1);
 }
 if (isset($backtrace[1]["file"])) {
     @chdir(dirname($backtrace[1]["file"]));
diff --git a/tests/testing.php b/tests/testing.php
index 57ca9aed8..782ba483d 100755
--- a/tests/testing.php
+++ b/tests/testing.php
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ if (file_exists('.env')) {
     $dotenv->load();
 }
 if (getenv('TEST_SECRET_CHAT') == '') {
-    die('TEST_SECRET_CHAT is not defined in .env, please define it (copy .env.example).'.PHP_EOL);
+    echo('TEST_SECRET_CHAT is not defined in .env, please define it (copy .env.example).'.PHP_EOL);
+    die(1);
 }
 echo 'Loading settings...'.PHP_EOL;
 $settings = json_decode(getenv('MTPROTO_SETTINGS'), true) ?: [];