diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-test.yml b/.github/workflows/server-test.yml
index 74c9b9a2f..c39e5dd1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-test.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ jobs:
         id: server_integration_test
         run: |
           cd examples/server/tests
-          ./tests.sh tinyllama-2-1b-miniguanaco.Q2_K.gguf
+          ./tests.sh ../../../tinyllama-2-1b-miniguanaco.Q2_K.gguf
           
           
diff --git a/examples/server/tests/tests.sh b/examples/server/tests/tests.sh
index 36297e9db..d3d414cd3 100755
--- a/examples/server/tests/tests.sh
+++ b/examples/server/tests/tests.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# kill the server at the end
 cleanup() {
     pkill -P $$
 }
@@ -31,5 +30,16 @@ set -eu
             --cont-batching \
             "$@" &
 
+# Wait for the server to start
+max_attempts=30
+attempts=${max_attempts}
+until curl --silent --fail "http://localhost:8080/health" | jq -r '.status' | grep ok; do
+  attempts=$(( attempts - 1));
+  [ "${attempts}" -eq 0 ] && { echo "Server did not startup" >&2; exit 1; }
+  sleep_time=$(( (max_attempts - attempts) * 2 ))
+  echo "waiting for server to be ready ${sleep_time}s..."
+  sleep ${sleep_time}
+done
+
 # Start tests
 behave
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