diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ad79560..d7c7e42 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ jobs:
           command: git push https://heroku:$HEROKU_API_KEY@git.heroku.com/$HEROKU_APP_NAME.git main
       - run:
           name: Smoke Test
-          command: HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://$HEROKU_APP_NAME.herokuapp.com/
-                   if [ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ];then
-                     echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy"
-                     exit 1
+          command: HTTPCODE=curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://$HEROKU_APP_NAME.herokuapp.com/
+                   if [[ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ]]; then
+                     echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy" \
+                     exit 1; \
                    fi
 
 workflows: