diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml
index 9aa7218..76bd73e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install WordPress test suite
         run: |
+          set -e
+          echo "Installing WordPress test suite with multisite=${{ matrix.multisite }}"
           bash bin/install-wp-tests.sh wordpress_test root root 127.0.0.1 ${{ matrix.wp }} false ${{ matrix.multisite && 'true' || 'false' }}
+          echo "WordPress test suite installed successfully"
 
       - name: Run PHPUnit tests
         run: |
diff --git a/bin/install-wp-tests.sh b/bin/install-wp-tests.sh
index 5c915de..bf50908 100755
--- a/bin/install-wp-tests.sh
+++ b/bin/install-wp-tests.sh
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ install_db() {
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	mysqladmin create "$DB_NAME" --user="$DB_USER" --password="$DB_PASS"$EXTRA
+	mysqladmin create "$DB_NAME" --user="$DB_USER" --password="$DB_PASS"$EXTRA || true
 }
 
 install_wp