diff --git a/apps/wolfsshd/test/sshd_term_close_test.sh b/apps/wolfsshd/test/sshd_term_close_test.sh
index 5355d780..e058a014 100755
--- a/apps/wolfsshd/test/sshd_term_close_test.sh
+++ b/apps/wolfsshd/test/sshd_term_close_test.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/openssl-1.1.1/lib
 # get the current wolfsshd pid count to compare with
 WOLFSSHD_PID_COUNT=$(pgrep wolfsshd | wc -l)
 
-COMMAND="timeout 3 $TEST_CLIENT -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p $2 -i $PRIVATE_KEY $3@$1 \"sleep 10\""
+COMMAND="$TEST_CLIENT -vvv -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o ClearAllForwardings=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p $2 -i $PRIVATE_KEY $3@$1 \"echo test\""
+echo "$COMMAND"
+set -e
+$COMMAND
+set +e
+
+COMMAND="timeout 3 $TEST_CLIENT -vvv -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o ClearAllForwardings=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p $2 -i $PRIVATE_KEY $3@$1 \"sleep 10\""
 echo "$COMMAND &"
 $COMMAND &
 sleep 1