diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index e016042..eeb2daf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ jobs:
         exit 1
         fi
 
+    - name: HEAD a file
+      run: |
+        curl -sI http://localhost:4221/files/pineapple_grape_grape_pineapple \
+        --output response.raw 
+        printf "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\nContent-Length: 69\r\n\r\n" > expected.raw
+        if ! diff response.raw expected.raw; then
+        echo "Test failed!"
+        exit 1
+        fi
+
     - name: gzip test 1/2
       run: |
         curl --output response0.raw -si -H "Accept-Encoding: gzip" http://localhost:4221/echo/abc
@@ -109,15 +119,6 @@ jobs:
         exit 1
         fi
 
-    - name: HEAD a file
-      run: |
-        response=$(curl --output response.raw -si -X HEAD http://localhost:4221/files/pineapple_grape_grape_pineapple)
-        printf "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\nContent-Length: 69\r\n\r\n" > expected.raw
-        if ! diff response.raw expected.raw; then
-        echo "Test failed!"
-        exit 1
-        fi
-
     - name: Test concurrent connections
       run: |
         seq 1 10 | xargs -n1 -P10 curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code} %{time_total}\n" http://localhost:4221/
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