diff --git a/src/plugins/login/azureLoginPlugin.test.ts b/src/plugins/login/azureLoginPlugin.test.ts
index 6deb1aa2..89c8a132 100644
--- a/src/plugins/login/azureLoginPlugin.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/login/azureLoginPlugin.test.ts
@@ -83,19 +83,17 @@ describe("Login Plugin", () => {
     expect(sls.variables["subscriptionId"]).toEqual("azureSubId");
   });
 
-  it("logs an error from authentication and exits process", async () => {
+  it("logs an error from authentication and crashes with it", async () => {
     unsetServicePrincipalEnvVariables();
-    process.exit = jest.fn() as any;
-    const errorMessage = "This is my error message";
+    const error = new Error("This is my error message")
     AzureLoginService.interactiveLogin = jest.fn(() => {
-      throw new Error(errorMessage);
+      throw error;
     });
     const sls = MockFactory.createTestServerless();
-    await invokeLoginHook(false, sls);
+    await expect(invokeLoginHook(false, sls)).rejects.toThrow(error);
     expect(AzureLoginService.interactiveLogin).toBeCalled()
     expect(AzureLoginService.servicePrincipalLogin).not.toBeCalled();
-    expect(sls.cli.log).lastCalledWith(`Error: ${errorMessage}`);
-    expect(process.exit).toBeCalledWith(0);
+    expect(sls.cli.log).lastCalledWith("Error logging into azure");
   });
 
   it("Uses the user specified subscription ID", async () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/login/azureLoginPlugin.ts b/src/plugins/login/azureLoginPlugin.ts
index 14e12a1e..5091624d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/login/azureLoginPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/login/azureLoginPlugin.ts
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ export class AzureLoginPlugin extends AzureBasePlugin<AzureLoginOptions> {
     }
     catch (e) {
       this.log("Error logging into azure");
-      this.log(`${e}`);
-      process.exit(0);
+      throw e; // Let Serverless Framework communicate the error
     }
   }
 }