diff --git a/ci/helm_test.sh b/ci/helm_test.sh
index 9972ad2..8a2761e 100755
--- a/ci/helm_test.sh
+++ b/ci/helm_test.sh
@@ -21,15 +21,17 @@ kubectl create namespace "$NAMESPACE"
 helm install -f "$DIR/ci_values.yaml" -n "$NAMESPACE" "$HELM_PACKAGE" "$1"
 
 i=0
-while [ "$(kubectl get pod -n "$NAMESPACE" -l=app.kubernetes.io/name=covidok -o jsonpath='{.items[*].status.containerStatuses[0].ready}')" != "true" ]; do
+while [[ ! $(kubectl get pod -n "$NAMESPACE" -l=app.kubernetes.io/name=covidok -o jsonpath='{.items[*].status.containerStatuses[0].ready}') == *"false"* ]]; do
     echo "Covidok backend is not yet ready..."
-    if [ $i -gt 10 ]
+    # Timeout is 200 sec, mysql should be available after 2 min
+    if [ $i -gt 40 ]
     then
         echo "Timeout reached while waiting for backend to start"
         exit 1
     else
         sleep 5
     fi
+    i=$((i+1))
 done
 
 echo "Covidok backend is up"