diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0fc5a2f..625ec46 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ jobs:
       - 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 \
-              HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://$HEROKU_APP_NAME.herokuapp.com/`
             fi
 
 workflows: