diff --git a/apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_utils_api.erl b/apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_utils_api.erl
index 7e5799a7a..b88cc84f8 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_utils_api.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_utils_api.erl
@@ -73,5 +73,7 @@ handle_result({ok, Result}) ->
     ?OK(Result);
 handle_result({error, Reason}) ->
     ?BAD_REQUEST(Reason);
+handle_result({HTTPCode}) when is_integer(HTTPCode) ->
+    {HTTPCode};
 handle_result({HTTPCode, Content}) when is_integer(HTTPCode) ->
     {HTTPCode, Content}.
diff --git a/bin/node_dump b/bin/node_dump
index 60c995885..90f08d107 100755
--- a/bin/node_dump
+++ b/bin/node_dump
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set -eu
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090,SC1091
 RUNNER_ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$(readlink "$0" || echo "$0")")"/..; pwd -P)"
 echo "Running node dump in ${RUNNER_ROOT_DIR}"
+BASE_RUNNER_ROOT_DIR="${BASE_RUNNER_ROOT_DIR:-$RUNNER_ROOT_DIR}"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090,SC1091
 . "$RUNNER_ROOT_DIR"/releases/emqx_vars