diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/ImportTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/ImportTest.cs
index ea351e0d45..e888f51e98 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/ImportTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/ImportTest.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests
         protected virtual TestOsuGameBase LoadOsuIntoHost(GameHost host, bool withBeatmap = false)
         {
             var osu = new TestOsuGameBase(withBeatmap);
-            Task.Run(() => host.Run(osu));
+            Task.Run(() => host.Run(osu))
+                .ContinueWith(t => Assert.Fail($"Host threw exception {t.Exception}"), TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);
 
             waitForOrAssert(() => osu.IsLoaded, @"osu! failed to start in a reasonable amount of time");
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/NonVisual/CustomTourneyDirectoryTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/NonVisual/CustomTourneyDirectoryTest.cs
index 46c3b8bc3b..61f8511e3c 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/NonVisual/CustomTourneyDirectoryTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/NonVisual/CustomTourneyDirectoryTest.cs
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Tests.NonVisual
         private TournamentGameBase loadOsu(GameHost host)
         {
             var osu = new TournamentGameBase();
-            Task.Run(() => host.Run(osu));
+            Task.Run(() => host.Run(osu))
+                .ContinueWith(t => Assert.Fail($"Host threw exception {t.Exception}"), TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);
             waitForOrAssert(() => osu.IsLoaded, @"osu! failed to start in a reasonable amount of time");
             return osu;
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/NonVisual/IPCLocationTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/NonVisual/IPCLocationTest.cs
index 4c5f5a7a1a..e4eb5a36fb 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/NonVisual/IPCLocationTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/NonVisual/IPCLocationTest.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Tests.NonVisual
         private TournamentGameBase loadOsu(GameHost host)
         {
             var osu = new TournamentGameBase();
-            Task.Run(() => host.Run(osu));
+            Task.Run(() => host.Run(osu))
+                .ContinueWith(t => Assert.Fail($"Host threw exception {t.Exception}"), TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);
             waitForOrAssert(() => osu.IsLoaded, @"osu! failed to start in a reasonable amount of time");
             return osu;
         }