diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eed2625c..9e3ec6d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Thanks to: @dathbe.
 - [clock] Add CSS to prevent line breaking of sunset/sunrise time display (#3816)
 - [core] Enhance system information logging format and include additional env and RAM details (#3839, #3843)
 - [refactor] Add new file `js/module_functions.js` to move code used in several modules to one place (#3837)
-- [refactor] Use global.root_path where possible and add test for config:check (#3883, #3885, #3886)
+- [refactor] Use global.root_path where possible and add tests for config:check (#3883, #3885, #3886, #3889)
 - [tests] refactor: simplify jest config file (#3844)
 - [tests] refactor: extract constants for weather electron tests (#3845)
 - [tests] refactor: add `setupDOMEnvironment` helper function to eliminate repetitive JSDOM setup code (#3860)
diff --git a/tests/e2e/serveronly_spec.js b/tests/e2e/serveronly_spec.js
index 313a4566..be44675d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/serveronly_spec.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/serveronly_spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ const delay = (time) => {
 	return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, time));
 };
 
+const runConfigCheck = async () => {
+	const serverProcess = await require("node:child_process").spawnSync("node", ["--run", "config:check"], { env: process.env });
+	expect(serverProcess.stderr.toString()).toBe("");
+	return await serverProcess.status;
+};
+
 describe("App environment", () => {
 	let serverProcess;
 	beforeAll(async () => {
@@ -28,7 +34,11 @@ describe("App environment", () => {
 describe("Check config", () => {
 	it("config check should return without errors", async () => {
 		process.env.MM_CONFIG_FILE = "tests/configs/default.js";
-		const serverProcess = await require("node:child_process").spawnSync("node", ["--run", "config:check"], { env: process.env });
-		expect(serverProcess.stderr.toString()).toBe("");
+		await expect(runConfigCheck()).resolves.toBe(0);
+	});
+
+	it("config check should fail with non existent config file", async () => {
+		process.env.MM_CONFIG_FILE = "tests/configs/not_exists.js";
+		await expect(runConfigCheck()).resolves.toBe(1);
 	});
 });