diff --git a/test/functional/ui_test.rb b/test/functional/ui_test.rb
index b2d23f99e..7812a8782 100644
--- a/test/functional/ui_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/ui_test.rb
@@ -32,19 +32,18 @@ describe "InSpec UI behavior" do
     describe "headline" do
       let(:feature) { "headline" }
       it "has correct output" do
-        run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
         expected = <<-EOT
 
  ───────────────────────────────── \e[1m\e[37mBig News!\e[0m ───────────────────────────────── \n
         EOT
         show_spaces(run_result.stdout).must_equal show_spaces(expected)
+        run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
       end
     end
 
     describe "table" do
       let(:feature) { "table" }
       it "has correct output" do
-        run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
         expected = <<~EOT
           ┌──────────────────────┬──────────┬───────────┐
           │\e[1m\e[37m         Band         \e[0m│\e[1m\e[37m Coolness \e[0m│\e[1m\e[37m Nerd Cred \e[0m│
@@ -55,39 +54,40 @@ describe "InSpec UI behavior" do
           └──────────────────────┴──────────┴───────────┘
         EOT
         show_spaces(run_result.stdout).must_equal show_spaces(expected)
+        run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
       end
     end
 
     describe "warning" do
       let(:feature) { "warning" }
       it "has correct output" do
-        run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
         expected = <<~EOT
           \e[1m\e[33mWARNING:\e[0m Things will be OK in the end
         EOT
         show_spaces(run_result.stdout).must_equal show_spaces(expected)
+        run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
       end
     end
 
     describe "error" do
       let(:feature) { "error" }
       it "has correct output" do
-        run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
         expected = <<~EOT
           \e[1m\e[38;5;9mERROR:\e[0m Burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp.
         EOT
         show_spaces(run_result.stdout).must_equal show_spaces(expected)
+        run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
       end
     end
 
     describe "list_item" do
       let(:feature) { "list_item" }
       it "has correct output" do
-        run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
         expected = <<-EOT
  \e[1m\e[37m•\e[0m TODO: make more lists
         EOT
         show_spaces(run_result.stdout).must_equal show_spaces(expected)
+        run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
       end
     end
   end
@@ -97,8 +97,9 @@ describe "InSpec UI behavior" do
     let(:post_opts) { "--no-color" }
     describe "everything" do
       let(:feature) { "everything" }
+
       it "has correct output" do
-        run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
+        # TODO: trailing whitespace required in tests. Hidden via "--- \n"
         expected = <<~EOT
 
            --------------------------------- Big News! --------------------------------- \n
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ describe "InSpec UI behavior" do
            * TODO: make more lists
         EOT
         show_spaces(run_result.stdout).must_equal show_spaces(expected)
+        run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
       end
     end
   end
@@ -122,45 +124,45 @@ describe "InSpec UI behavior" do
     describe "normal exit" do
       let(:feature) { "exitnormal" }
       it "has correct output" do
-        assert_exit_code 0, run_result
         run_result.stderr.must_equal ""
         run_result.stdout.must_equal "test exit normal\n"
+        assert_exit_code 0, run_result
       end
     end
 
     describe "usage exit" do
       let(:feature) { "exitusage" }
       it "has correct output" do
-        assert_exit_code 1, run_result
         run_result.stderr.must_equal "" # ie, we intentionally exit-1'd; not a crash
         run_result.stdout.must_equal "test exit usage_error\n"
+        assert_exit_code 1, run_result
       end
     end
 
     describe "plugin exit" do
       let(:feature) { "exitplugin" }
       it "has correct output" do
-        assert_exit_code 2, run_result
         run_result.stderr.must_equal ""
         run_result.stdout.must_equal "test exit plugin_error\n"
+        assert_exit_code 2, run_result
       end
     end
 
     describe "skipped exit" do
       let(:feature) { "exitskipped" }
       it "has correct output" do
-        assert_exit_code 101, run_result
         run_result.stderr.must_equal ""
         run_result.stdout.must_equal "test exit skipped_tests\n"
+        assert_exit_code 101, run_result
       end
     end
 
     describe "failed exit" do
       let(:feature) { "exitfailed" }
       it "has correct output" do
-        assert_exit_code 100, run_result
         run_result.stderr.must_equal ""
         run_result.stdout.must_equal "test exit failed_tests\n"
+        assert_exit_code 100, run_result
       end
     end
 
@@ -172,8 +174,8 @@ describe "InSpec UI behavior" do
       describe "the interactive flag" do
         let(:feature) { "interactive" }
         it "should report the interactive flag is on" do
-          assert_exit_code 0, run_result
           run_result.stdout.must_include "true"
+          assert_exit_code 0, run_result
         end
       end
 
@@ -188,8 +190,8 @@ describe "InSpec UI behavior" do
         describe "prompting" do
           let(:feature) { "prompt" }
           it "should launch apollo" do
-            assert_exit_code 0, run_result
             run_result.stdout.must_include "Apollo"
+            assert_exit_code 0, run_result
           end
         end
       end
@@ -201,16 +203,16 @@ describe "InSpec UI behavior" do
     describe "the interactive flag" do
       let(:feature) { "interactive" }
       it "should report the interactive flag is off" do
-        assert_exit_code 0, run_result
         run_result.stdout.must_include "false"
+        assert_exit_code 0, run_result
       end
     end
 
     describe "prompting" do
       let(:feature) { "prompt" }
       it "should crash with stacktrace" do
-        assert_exit_code 1, run_result
         run_result.stderr.must_include "Inspec::UserInteractionRequired"
+        assert_exit_code 1, run_result
       end
     end
   end