diff --git a/test-kube.sh b/test-kube.sh
index 992e4d6..779c12c 100755
--- a/test-kube.sh
+++ b/test-kube.sh
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@ endtoend() {
   shift 3
   set -x
   # shellcheck disable=SC2015
-  if {
-    curl -ikLsS --noproxy "*" -o "$TMP2" "$@" \
+  if
+    ! curl -ikLsS --noproxy "*" -o "$TMP2" "$@" \
       --connect-to "$DOMAIN:80:127.0.0.1:8080" \
       --connect-to "$DOMAIN:443:127.0.0.1:8443" \
       "http://$DOMAIN/$PAGE" ||
       # ignore max redir error
-      [ $? = 47 ]
-  } &&
-    grep -Fq "$RESULT" "$TMP2"; then
+      [ $? != 47 ] ||
+      ! grep -Fq "$RESULT" "$TMP2"
+  then
     echo "#   -> failed:"
     cat "$TMP2"
     return 1