diff --git a/.github/workflows/llmsecops-cicd.llm.yml b/.github/workflows/llmsecops-cicd.llm.yml
index 32c2a8974..746dcda35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/llmsecops-cicd.llm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/llmsecops-cicd.llm.yml
@@ -32,17 +32,17 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         python -m src.api.controller &
-        curl -s http://localhost:9998/ > /dev/null 2>&1
-        
         
     - name: 'set up garak'
       run: |
         pip install garak
-
+      
     - name: 'run garak tests'
       working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src/tools
       shell: bash
       run: |
+        curl -s http://localhost:9998/ > /dev/null 2>&1
+
         garak -v \
           --config ${{ github.workspace }}/src/tools/garak.config.yml \
           --generator_option_file ${{ github.workspace }}/src/tools/garak.rest.llm.json \