diff --git a/container-scan.yml b/container-scan.yml
index 244f3dc..4c246e8 100644
--- a/container-scan.yml
+++ b/container-scan.yml
@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@
     PROJECT_DIR: $CI_PROJECT_DIR
     DOCKERFILE_LOCATION: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/Dockerfile
     CONTEXT_LOCATION: $CI_PROJECT_DIR
+    EXITCODE_ON_HIGH: 1 
+    EXITCODE_ON_CRITICAL: 1 
   before_script:
     - curl -L "https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/download/v${TRIVY_VERSION}/trivy_${TRIVY_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz"  --output trivy_${TRIVY_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
     - tar zxvf trivy_${TRIVY_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
   script:
     - mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS compile jib:buildTar -DskipTests
-    - ./trivy --exit-code 0 --severity HIGH --no-progress --auto-refresh --input target/jib-image.tar
-    - ./trivy --exit-code 1 --severity CRITICAL --no-progress --auto-refresh --input target/jib-image.tar
-
+    - ./trivy --exit-code $EXITCODE_ON_HIGH --severity HIGH --no-progress --auto-refresh --input target/jib-image.tar
+    - ./trivy --exit-code $EXITCODE_ON_CRITICAL --severity CRITICAL --no-progress --auto-refresh --input target/jib-image.tar
+ 
 .scan-container-kaniko:
   stage: test
   image:
@@ -24,10 +26,12 @@
     PROJECT_DIR: $CI_PROJECT_DIR
     DOCKERFILE_LOCATION: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/Dockerfile
     CONTEXT_LOCATION: $CI_PROJECT_DIR
+    EXITCODE_ON_HIGH: 1 
+    EXITCODE_ON_CRITICAL: 1 
   before_script:
     - wget "https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/download/v${TRIVY_VERSION}/trivy_${TRIVY_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz"
     - tar zxvf trivy_${TRIVY_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
   script:
     - /kaniko/executor --context $CONTEXT_LOCATION --dockerfile $DOCKERFILE_LOCATION --cache-dir cache/image --tarPath  image.tar --no-push --destination image
-    - ./trivy --exit-code 0 --severity HIGH --no-progress --auto-refresh --input image.tar
-    - ./trivy --exit-code 1 --severity CRITICAL --no-progress --auto-refresh --input image.tar
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+    - ./trivy --exit-code $EXITCODE_ON_HIGH --severity HIGH --no-progress --auto-refresh --input image.tar
+    - ./trivy --exit-code $EXITCODE_ON_CRITICAL  --severity CRITICAL --no-progress --auto-refresh --input image.tar