diff --git a/.github/workflows/android_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/android_tests.yml
index 6a29d000..91d6460f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android_tests.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ jobs:
   # this job runs all the tests
   job_tests:
     if: github.repository == 'spacecowboy/NotePad' # no need to run it on forks    
-    timeout-minutes: 70 # emulators are slow: a "test jobs" can finish in (up to) 57 minutes
-    continue-on-error: true # finish for all configurations, even if one fails
+    timeout-minutes: 45 # test jobs take ~11 minutes each. We give time to download the AVD images
+    continue-on-error: false # failing the test on ONE configuration makes them ALL fail
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # test on emulators with these Android API versions. They all have ATD images.