diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 108568f..1920d84 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ LDFLAGS := -ldflags="-s -w -X \"github.com/$(OWNER)/$(NAME)/cmd.Version=$(VERSIO
 .PHONY: test test_ci tidy install buildprep build buildmac buildwin
 
 test: test_prereq
-	go test ./... -v -mod=readonly -coverprofile=.coverage/out | go-junit-report > .coverage/report-junit.xml && \
+	go test ./... -v -mod=readonly -coverprofile=.coverage/out && \
+	cat .coverage/out | go-junit-report > .coverage/report-junit.xml && \
 	gocov convert .coverage/out | gocov-xml > .coverage/report-cobertura.xml
 
 test_ci:
diff --git a/cmd/saml.go b/cmd/saml.go
index e3b5d5a..84885c0 100755
--- a/cmd/saml.go
+++ b/cmd/saml.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func getSaml(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		},
 	}
 
-	saveRole := ""
+	saveRole := role
 	if isSso {
 		sr := strings.Split(ssoRole, ":")
 		if len(sr) != 2 {
diff --git a/internal/credentialexchange/helper.go b/internal/credentialexchange/helper.go
index e46ae24..542adf0 100644
--- a/internal/credentialexchange/helper.go
+++ b/internal/credentialexchange/helper.go
@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ func SessionName(username, selfName string) string {
 func InsertRoleIntoChain(role string, roleChain []string) []string {
 	// IF role is provided it can be assumed from the WEB_ID credentials
 	// this is to maintain the old implementation
-	if role != "" {
-		// could use this experimental slice Insert
-		// https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/exp/slices#Insert
-		roleChain = append(roleChain[:0], append([]string{role}, roleChain[0:]...)...)
+	rc := []string{}
+	for _, r := range roleChain {
+		if r != role {
+			rc = append(rc, r)
+		}
 	}
-	return roleChain
+
+	return rc
 }
 
 func SetCredentials(creds *AWSCredentials, config CredentialConfig) error {
diff --git a/internal/credentialexchange/helper_test.go b/internal/credentialexchange/helper_test.go
index c1967b8..0e3c055 100644
--- a/internal/credentialexchange/helper_test.go
+++ b/internal/credentialexchange/helper_test.go
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ func Test_InsertIntoRoleSlice_with(t *testing.T) {
 		expect    []string
 	}{
 		"chain empty and role specified": {
-			"role", []string{}, []string{"role"},
+			"role", []string{}, []string{},
 		},
 		"chain set and role empty": {
 			"", []string{"rolec1"}, []string{"rolec1"},
 		},
 		"both set and role is always first in list": {
-			"role", []string{"rolec1"}, []string{"role", "rolec1"},
+			"role", []string{"rolec1"}, []string{"rolec1"},
 		},
 	}
 	for name, tt := range ttests {