as of Laravel 5.5, you must use dispatch_now if you want to get a result immediately as is needed in this scenario, otherwise you will get the job object

Author: vesper8

composer.json

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     ],
     "minimum-stability": "stable",
     "require": {
-        "illuminate/support": "^5.0|^6.0"
+        "illuminate/support": "^5.5|^6.0"
     },
     "extra": {
         "laravel": {

src/Console/TunnelerCommand.php

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TunnelerCommand extends Command {
 
     public function handle(){
         try {
-            $result = dispatch(new CreateTunnel());
+            $result = dispatch_now(new CreateTunnel());
         }catch (\ErrorException $e){
             $this->error($e->getMessage());
             return 1;