diff --git a/openhands/runtime/impl/eventstream/eventstream_runtime.py b/openhands/runtime/impl/eventstream/eventstream_runtime.py
index 260d68a45fc1..cb0f76e1c4bc 100644
--- a/openhands/runtime/impl/eventstream/eventstream_runtime.py
+++ b/openhands/runtime/impl/eventstream/eventstream_runtime.py
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ def _init_docker_client() -> docker.DockerClient:
             logger.error(
                 f'Launch docker client failed. Please make sure you have installed docker and started docker desktop/daemon.| {e}',
             )
-            exit(1)
+            exit(0)
 
     def _init_container(self):
         self.log('debug', 'Preparing to start container...')