diff --git a/tests/test_lsf_cancel.py b/tests/test_lsf_cancel.py
index 9972a8e..71919d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_lsf_cancel.py
+++ b/tests/test_lsf_cancel.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def test_kill_jobs_one_job(
 
         kill_jobs(jobids)
 
-        run_process_mock.assert_called_once_with(expected_kill_cmd)
+        run_process_mock.assert_called_once_with(expected_kill_cmd, check=False)
 
     @patch.object(
         OSLayer,
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def test_kill_jobs_two_jobs(
 
         kill_jobs(jobids)
 
-        run_process_mock.assert_called_once_with(expected_kill_cmd)
+        run_process_mock.assert_called_once_with(expected_kill_cmd, check=False)
 
     @patch.object(
         OSLayer,
@@ -133,4 +133,4 @@ def test_kill_jobs_empty_job_and_non_empty_job(self, run_process_mock):
 
         kill_jobs(jobids)
 
-        run_process_mock.assert_called_once_with(expected_kill_cmd)
+        run_process_mock.assert_called_once_with(expected_kill_cmd, check=False)
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/OSLayer.py b/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/OSLayer.py
index 349b081..9e5b8c5 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/OSLayer.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/OSLayer.py
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ def remove_file(file: Path):
             file.unlink()
 
     @staticmethod
-    def run_process(cmd: str) -> Tuple[stdout, stderr]:
+    def run_process(cmd: str, check: bool = True) -> Tuple[stdout, stderr]:
         completed_process = subprocess.run(
-            cmd, check=True, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
+            cmd, check=check, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
         )
         return (
             completed_process.stdout.decode().strip(),
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/lsf_cancel.py b/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/lsf_cancel.py
index 409deec..48399fa 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/lsf_cancel.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/lsf_cancel.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def kill_jobs(ids_to_kill: List[str]):
     # we don't want to run bkill with no argument as this will kill the last job
     if any(ids_to_kill):
         cmd = "{} {}".format(KILL, " ".join(ids_to_kill))
-        _ = OSLayer.run_process(cmd)
+        _ = OSLayer.run_process(cmd, check=False)
 
 
 def parse_input() -> List[str]: