diff --git a/ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh b/ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh
index 0d7010a2a..92b58e8c0 100755
--- a/ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh
+++ b/ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ main() {
   ./release-standalone/bin/code-server --extensions-dir "$EXTENSIONS_DIR" --install-extension ms-python.python
   local installed_extensions
   installed_extensions="$(./release-standalone/bin/code-server --extensions-dir "$EXTENSIONS_DIR" --list-extensions 2>&1)"
-  if [[ $installed_extensions != "info  Using config file ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
+  if [[ $installed_extensions != *"info  Using config file ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
 ms-python.python" ]]; then
     echo "Unexpected output from listing extensions:"
     echo "$installed_extensions"