diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a03ce37..9526776 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -63,11 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Smoke test
           command: |
-          HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://$HEROKU_APP_NAME.herokuapp.com/api/articles`
-          if [ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ];then
-            echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy"
-            exit 1
-          fi
+          ./testbackend.sh
   buildandpush_dockerhub:
     docker:
       - image: docker:17.05.0-ce-git
diff --git a/testbackend.sh b/testbackend.sh
index a895b07..66e49df 100755
--- a/testbackend.sh
+++ b/testbackend.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#HTTPCODE=$(echo `curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://$HEROKU_APP_NAME.herokuapp.com/api/articles` | tr -d ' ')
-#if [ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ];then
-#    echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy"
-#    exit 1
-#fi
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+HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://$HEROKU_APP_NAME.herokuapp.com/api/articles`
+if [ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ];then
+    echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy"
+    exit 1
+fi
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