diff --git a/.github/workflows/llmsecops-cicd.llm.yml b/.github/workflows/llmsecops-cicd.llm.yml
index 41943c54e..166142154 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/llmsecops-cicd.llm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/llmsecops-cicd.llm.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/workflows
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        python -m src.api.controller &
+        nohup python -m src.api.controller &
 
     - name: 'set up Microsoft Phi-3 Mini 4k LLM from HuggingFace'
       run: |
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src/tools
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        curl -s http://localhost:9998/ > /dev/null 2>&1
+        curl -i http://localhost:9998/
 
         garak -v \
           --config ${{ github.workspace }}/src/tools/garak.config.yml \