diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index bf7c55d..342fa1c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -125,10 +125,11 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Smoke Test
           command: |
+            HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://morning-island-14161.herokuapp.com/`
             if [[ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ]]; then
               echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy" \
               exit 1; \
-              HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://morning-island-14161.herokuapp.com/`
+            fi
     
 workflows:
   version: 2