diff --git a/ci/tasks/galoy-deps-smoketest.sh b/ci/tasks/galoy-deps-smoketest.sh
index 08e645b1f..5e5451fe2 100755
--- a/ci/tasks/galoy-deps-smoketest.sh
+++ b/ci/tasks/galoy-deps-smoketest.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ set -eu
 
 source smoketest-settings/helpers.sh
 
-kafka_broker_host=`setting "kafka_broker_endpoint"`
-kafka_broker_port=`setting "kafka_broker_port"`
-kafka_topic=`setting "smoketest_topic"`
+kafka_broker_host=$(setting "kafka_broker_endpoint")
+kafka_broker_port=$(setting "kafka_broker_port")
+kafka_topic=$(setting "smoketest_topic")
 kafka_service_name_prefix="kafka-kafka-plain"
-kafka_namespace=`setting "kafka_namespace"`
-setting "smoketest_kubeconfig" | base64 --decode > kubeconfig.json
+kafka_namespace=$(setting "kafka_namespace")
+setting "smoketest_kubeconfig" | base64 --decode >kubeconfig.json
 export KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/kubeconfig.json
 
-cat <<EOF > topic.tf
+cat <<EOF >topic.tf
 provider "kafka" {
   bootstrap_servers = [
     "${kafka_service_name_prefix}-0.${kafka_namespace}:9092",
@@ -32,15 +32,14 @@ terraform {
 }
 
 resource "kafka_topic" "smoketest_topic" {
-   name               = "${kafka_topic}"
-   replication_factor = 3
-   partitions         = 3
+  name               = "${kafka_topic}"
+  replication_factor = 3
+  partitions         = 3
 }
 EOF
 
 set +e
-for i in 1 2 3
-do
+for i in 1 2 3; do
   kubectl -n $kafka_namespace wait --for=condition=Ready pod -l strimzi.io/component-type=kafka && break
   sleep 5
 done
@@ -49,8 +48,7 @@ set -e
 terraform init
 
 set +e
-for i in 1 2 3
-do
+for i in 1 2 3; do
   terraform apply -auto-approve && break
   sleep 5
 done
@@ -58,14 +56,17 @@ done
 msg="kafka message"
 for i in {1..15}; do
   echo "Attempt ${i} to produce and consume from kafka"
-  echo $msg | kafkacat -P -b $kafka_broker_host:$kafka_broker_port -t $kafka_topic
-  consumed_message=$(kafkacat -C -b $kafka_broker_host:$kafka_broker_port -t $kafka_topic -e)
-  if [[ "$consumed_message" == "$msg" ]]; then success="true"; break; fi;
+  echo $msg | kcat -P -b $kafka_broker_host:$kafka_broker_port -t $kafka_topic
+  consumed_message=$(kcat -C -b $kafka_broker_host:$kafka_broker_port -t $kafka_topic -e)
+  if [[ "$consumed_message" == "$msg" ]]; then
+    success="true"
+    break
+  fi
   sleep 1
 done
 
 terraform destroy -auto-approve
 
-if [[ "$success" != "true" ]]; then echo "Smoke test failed" && exit 1; fi;
+if [[ "$success" != "true" ]]; then echo "Smoke test failed" && exit 1; fi
 
 set -e