diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index d37af44..0c4ea4d 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ steps:
 
         for DEPLOY in realestate-crawler-api realestate-crawler-celery realestate-crawler-celery-beat; do
           echo "Verifying $DEPLOY..."
-          PODS_API="${BASE_API}?labelSelector=app%3D${DEPLOY}"
+          PODS_API="$BASE_API?labelSelector=app%3D$DEPLOY"
 
           FOUND=0
           for i in $(seq 1 60); do
@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@ steps:
                 (.spec.containers[]? | .image == $img)
               ) | {name: .metadata.name, age: (now - (.status.startTime | fromdateiso8601) | floor), image: .spec.containers[0].image, started: .status.startTime}]')
 
-            COUNT=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq 'length')
+            COUNT=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq 'length' 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
             echo "  Attempt $i/60: $COUNT pod(s) younger than 60s, ready, running $EXPECTED_IMAGE"
 
-            if [ "$COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
+            if [ "$COUNT" -gt 0 ] 2>/dev/null; then
               echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.[] | "    \(.name) age=\(.age)s image=\(.image) started=\(.started)"'
               echo "$DEPLOY is live!"
               FOUND=1