diff --git a/commands/sense/lib/api-entry.js b/commands/sense/lib/api-entry.js
index f2f444daf..c430218af 100644
--- a/commands/sense/lib/api-entry.js
+++ b/commands/sense/lib/api-entry.js
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ module.exports = (argv) => {
   // not runnning via command line, run the config to inject default values
   const defaultBuildConfig = initConfig(yargs([])).argv;
   const senseConfig = extend(true, {}, defaultBuildConfig, argv);
-  sense(senseConfig);
+  return sense(senseConfig);
 };
diff --git a/commands/sense/lib/sense.js b/commands/sense/lib/sense.js
index edaf839e0..ac8a6bb67 100644
--- a/commands/sense/lib/sense.js
+++ b/commands/sense/lib/sense.js
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ const build = require('./build');
 
 function sense(argv) {
   if (argv.legacy) {
-    buildLegacy(argv);
-  } else {
-    build(argv);
+    return buildLegacy(argv);
   }
+  return build(argv);
 }
 module.exports = sense;