diff --git a/test/test-happy-path.sh b/test/test-happy-path.sh
index 49cf77b0..2d44da77 100755
--- a/test/test-happy-path.sh
+++ b/test/test-happy-path.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ begin_test "happy path"
   clone_repo "$reponame" repo
 
   # This executes Git LFS from the local repo that was just cloned.
-  out=$(git lfs track "*.dat" 2>&1)
-  echo "$out" | grep "Tracking \*.dat"
+  git lfs track "*.dat" 2>&1 | tee track.log
+  grep "Tracking \*.dat" track.log
 
   contents="a"
   contents_oid=$(printf "$contents" | shasum -a 256 | cut -f 1 -d " ")
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ begin_test "happy path"
   grep "create mode 100644 a.dat" commit.log
   grep "create mode 100644 .gitattributes" commit.log
 
-  out=$(cat a.dat)
-  if [ "$out" != "a" ]; then
-    exit 1
-  fi
+  [ "a" = "$(cat a.dat)" ]
 
   # This is a small shell function that runs several git commands together.
   assert_pointer "master" "a.dat" "$contents_oid" 1
@@ -61,10 +58,7 @@ begin_test "happy path"
 
   git pull 2>&1 | grep "Downloading a.dat (1 B)"
 
-  out=$(cat a.dat)
-  if [ "$out" != "a" ]; then
-    exit 1
-  fi
+  [ "a" = "$(cat a.dat)" ]
 
   assert_pointer "master" "a.dat" "$contents_oid" 1
 )