diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index bcc5d89928..0dc19b64d4 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -203,9 +203,7 @@ commands:
             cd <<parameters.app_root>>
             unset RAILS_ENV # avoid doing everything on the test environment
             bin/rails server -p 3000 &
-            wget --no-verbose --output-document output.html --tries=30 --retry-connrefused "http://localhost:3000<<parameters.path>>"
-            cat output.html
-            grep "<<parameters.expected_text>>" output.html
+            wget --quiet --output-document - --tries=30 --retry-connrefused "http://localhost:3000<<parameters.path>>" | grep "<<parameters.expected_text>>"
             echo "Exited with $?"
             kill $(cat "tmp/pids/server.pid")