diff --git a/.circleci/generate.sh b/.circleci/generate.sh
index faa5f80b43..9fb3fe0be0 100755
--- a/.circleci/generate.sh
+++ b/.circleci/generate.sh
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ if (! ($all)); then
            | sed -e "s/\\.java//" \
            | sed -e "s,^${2},," \
            | tr  '/' '.' \
-           | grep ${3} )
+           | grep ${3} )\
+           || : # avoid execution interruptions due to grep return codes and set -e
     for test in $tests; do
       echo "  $test"
       has_env_vars=true