diff --git a/cypress/integration/health_check.js b/cypress/integration/health_check.js
index db5bc761..bb570df8 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/health_check.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/health_check.js
@@ -15,19 +15,19 @@ describe("Health Check tests ", () => {
         hp.haltAndClearStorage(() => {
             initMain();
             cy.intercept("GET", "https://try.count.ly/i?**").as("getXhr");
-            cy.wait(3000).then(() => {
-                cy.wait("@getXhr").then((xhr) => {
-                    const url = new URL(xhr.request.url);
+            cy.wait("@getXhr").then((xhr) => {
+                const url = new URL(xhr.request.url);
 
-                    // Test the 'hc' parameter
-                    const hcParam = url.searchParams.get("hc");
-                    const hcParamObj = JSON.parse(hcParam);
-                    expect(hcParamObj).to.eql({el: 0, wl: 0, sc: -1, em: '""'});
+                // Test the 'hc' parameter
+                const hcParam = url.searchParams.get("hc");
+                const hcParamObj = JSON.parse(hcParam);
+                expect(hcParamObj).to.eql({ el: 0, wl: 0, sc: -1, em: "\"\"" });
 
-                    // Test the 'metrics' parameter
-                    const metricsParam = url.searchParams.get('metrics');
-                    expect(metricsParam).to.equal('{"_app_version":"0.0","_ua":"abcd"}');
-                });
+                // Test the 'metrics' parameter
+                const metricsParam = url.searchParams.get("metrics");
+                expect(metricsParam).to.equal("{\"_app_version\":\"0.0\",\"_ua\":\"abcd\"}");
+
+                // check nothing in the request queue
                 cy.fetch_local_request_queue().then((rq) => {
                     expect(rq.length).to.equal(0);
                 });