diff --git a/scripts/Infrastructure/Instruction.py b/scripts/Infrastructure/Instruction.py
index 39de122549749e810d1f33b5d6971d15956c6b23..866627f301c42ce3a9ce0f5d3b6ffee8f4b88113 100644
--- a/scripts/Infrastructure/Instruction.py
+++ b/scripts/Infrastructure/Instruction.py
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ class Instruction(object):
     def set_has_error(self, has_error: bool = True):
         self._has_error = has_error
 
+    def has_error(self):
+        return self._has_error
+
     def get_identifier(self) -> str:
         return self._identifier
 
diff --git a/scripts/Infrastructure/Template.py b/scripts/Infrastructure/Template.py
index 1fbe42f4197a86aff2c84c14a7c2a71e6a349603..d836d084dc884bfdbeb4e56e9b036723ffb10864 100644
--- a/scripts/Infrastructure/Template.py
+++ b/scripts/Infrastructure/Template.py
@@ -7,13 +7,7 @@ from scripts.Infrastructure.Instruction import Instruction
 from scripts.Infrastructure.MPICall import MPICall
 from scripts.Infrastructure.CorrectParameter import CorrectParameterFactory
 
-template = """// @{generatedby}@
-/* ///////////////////////// The MPI Bug Bench ////////////////////////
-
-  Description: @{desc}@
-
-  Version of MPI: @{version}@
-
+"""
 THIS BLOCK IS CURRENTLY NOT USED:
 BEGIN_MPI_FEATURES
   P2P!basic: @{p2pfeature}@
@@ -25,6 +19,13 @@ BEGIN_MPI_FEATURES
   COLL!tools: Yes
   RMA: Lacking
 END_MPI_FEATURES
+"""
+
+template = """/* ///////////////////////// The MPI Bug Bench ////////////////////////
+
+  Description: @{desc}@
+
+  Version of MPI: @{version}@
 
 BEGIN_MBB_TESTS
   $ mpirun -np @{min_num_ranks}@ ${EXE}
@@ -123,6 +124,16 @@ class TemplateManager:
         code_string = ""
         current_rank = 'all'
 
+        has_error = False
+        for i in self._instructions:
+            if i.has_error():
+                has_error = True
+
+        short_short_descr = self._descr_short.split("-")[0]
+        outcome_str = "OK"
+        if has_error:
+            outcome_str = "ERROR " + short_short_descr
+
         instr_copy = []
         if self._allow_reorder:
             # "bucket-sort" the instructions to group those from different ranks together
@@ -186,10 +197,12 @@ class TemplateManager:
 
         return (template
                 .replace("@{min_num_ranks}@", str(self._min_ranks))
+                .replace("@{outcome}@", outcome_str)
                 .replace("@{stack_vars}@", stack_vars_str)
                 .replace("@{mpi_init}@", init_string)
                 .replace("@{mpi_finalize}@", finalize_string)
                 .replace("@{desc}@", self._descr_full)
+                .replace("@{errormsg}@", self._descr_short)
                 .replace("@{version}@", version)
                 .replace("@{test_code}@", code_string))