diff --git a/tests/nym-gateway-binary-check.sh b/tests/nym-gateway-binary-check.sh
index f2cc84a05a..de1b71e5c4 100755
--- a/tests/nym-gateway-binary-check.sh
+++ b/tests/nym-gateway-binary-check.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ check_gateway_binary_build() if [ -f nym-gateway ]; then
 
   # do asserts here based upon the output on init
 
-  assert $(cat ${VALUE}) $(echo ${WALLET_ADDRESS_CONST})
+  assert $(echo ${VALUE}) $(echo ${WALLET_ADDRESS_CONST})
   assert_end nym-gateway-tests
 else
   echo "exting test no binary found"