diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index e070513..f81f1b2 100644
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://salty-journey-63595.herokuapp.com/`
+HTTPCODE=echo $(`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://salty-journey-63595.herokuapp.com/` | tr -d ' ')
 if [ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ];then
 	echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy"
 	exit 1