diff --git a/pkg/resources/jobs/initializer.go b/pkg/resources/jobs/initializer.go
index 64bb2de4..fa7d10a7 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/jobs/initializer.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/jobs/initializer.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func NewInitializerJob(k6 v1alpha1.TestRunI, argLine string) (*batchv1.Job, erro
 		// printing JSON as usual. Then parse temp file only for errors, ignoring
 		// any other log messages.
 		// Related: https://github.com/grafana/k6-docs/issues/877
-		"mkdir -p $(dirname %s) && k6 archive %s -O %s %s 2> /tmp/k6logs && k6 inspect --execution-requirements %s 2> /tmp/k6logs ; ! cat /tmp/k6logs | grep 'level=error'",
+		"mkdir -p $(dirname %s) && k6 archive %s -O %s %s 2> /tmp/k6logs && k6 inspect --execution-requirements %s 2> /tmp/k6logs && ! cat /tmp/k6logs | grep 'level=error'",
 		archiveName, scriptName, archiveName, argLine,
 		archiveName))
 
diff --git a/pkg/resources/jobs/initializer_test.go b/pkg/resources/jobs/initializer_test.go
index 868d13ef..ffc7a102 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/jobs/initializer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/jobs/initializer_test.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestNewInitializerJob(t *testing.T) {
 							Name:            "k6",
 							Command: []string{
 								"sh", "-c",
-								"mkdir -p $(dirname /tmp/test.js.archived.tar) && k6 archive /test/test.js -O /tmp/test.js.archived.tar --out cloud 2> /tmp/k6logs && k6 inspect --execution-requirements /tmp/test.js.archived.tar 2> /tmp/k6logs ; ! cat /tmp/k6logs | grep 'level=error'",
+								"mkdir -p $(dirname /tmp/test.js.archived.tar) && k6 archive /test/test.js -O /tmp/test.js.archived.tar --out cloud 2> /tmp/k6logs && k6 inspect --execution-requirements /tmp/test.js.archived.tar 2> /tmp/k6logs && ! cat /tmp/k6logs | grep 'level=error'",
 							},
 							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{},
 							EnvFrom: []corev1.EnvFromSource{