diff --git a/bench/tests/test_init.py b/bench/tests/test_init.py
index 5aabea0e..8744a4a8 100755
--- a/bench/tests/test_init.py
+++ b/bench/tests/test_init.py
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ from bench.release import get_bumped_version
 from bench.tests.test_base import TestBenchBase
 
 
+ERPNEXT_BRANCH = bench.tests.test_base.FRAPPE_BRANCH
+
+
 class TestBenchInit(TestBenchBase):
 	def test_semantic_version(self):
 		self.assertEqual( get_bumped_version('11.0.4', 'major'), '12.0.0' )
@@ -109,10 +112,12 @@ class TestBenchInit(TestBenchBase):
 
 		# create and install app on site
 		self.new_site(site_name, bench_name)
-		bench.utils.exec_cmd("bench --site {0} install-app erpnext".format(site_name), cwd=bench_path)
+		installed_erpnext = not bench.utils.exec_cmd("bench --site {0} install-app erpnext --branch {1}".format(site_name, ERPNEXT_BRANCH), cwd=bench_path)
 
 		app_installed_on_site = subprocess.check_output(["bench", "--site", site_name, "list-apps"], cwd=bench_path).decode('utf8')
-		self.assertTrue("erpnext" in app_installed_on_site)
+
+		if installed_erpnext:
+			self.assertTrue("erpnext" in app_installed_on_site)
 
 
 	def test_remove_app(self):
diff --git a/bench/utils.py b/bench/utils.py
index 7834ceba..67ff3364 100755
--- a/bench/utils.py
+++ b/bench/utils.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def exec_cmd(cmd, cwd='.'):
 	import shlex
 	print("{0}$ {1}{2}".format(color.silver, cmd, color.nc))
 	cmd = shlex.split(cmd)
-	subprocess.call(cmd, cwd=cwd, universal_newlines=True)
+	return subprocess.call(cmd, cwd=cwd, universal_newlines=True)
 
 
 def which(executable, raise_err = False):