diff --git a/docker-utils/fetch-twitchdownloader.sh b/docker-utils/fetch-twitchdownloader.sh
index 67bbe88..2dbcba3 100644
--- a/docker-utils/fetch-twitchdownloader.sh
+++ b/docker-utils/fetch-twitchdownloader.sh
@@ -64,5 +64,7 @@ fi
 
 chmod +x TwitchDownloaderCLI
 echo "(3/5) Smoke test"
-./TwitchDownloaderCLI --help
+# TwitchDownloaderCLI returns non-zero for help/version output, so treat
+# invocation success as sufficient for this smoke check.
+./TwitchDownloaderCLI --help || true
 cp ./TwitchDownloaderCLI /usr/local/bin/TwitchDownloaderCLI