diff --git a/acceptance/setup.sh b/acceptance/setup.sh
index 7c8dd2c0111..525819f4179 100755
--- a/acceptance/setup.sh
+++ b/acceptance/setup.sh
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ DEBUG=true" > ${WRITE_ENVIRONMENT_FILE}
 echo "Wrote environment file ${WRITE_ENVIRONMENT_FILE}"
 cat ${WRITE_ENVIRONMENT_FILE}
 
+DEFAULTORG_RESPONSE_RESULTS=0
 # waiting for default organization
-until $(echo "$DEFAULTORG_RESPONSE" | jq -r '.result | length') == 1
+until [ ${DEFAULTORG_RESPONSE_RESULTS} -eq 1 ]
 do
-  DEFAULTORG_RESPONSE=$(curl -s --request POST \
+  DEFAULTORG_RESPONSE_RESULTS=$(curl -s --request POST \
       --url "${ZITADEL_API_INTERNAL_URL}/v2/organizations/_search" \
       --header "Authorization: Bearer ${PAT}" \
       --header "Host: ${ZITADEL_API_DOMAIN}" \
-      -d '{"queries": [{"defaultQuery": {}}]}'  )
-  echo "Received default organization response: ${DEFAULTORG_RESPONSE}"
+      -d '{"queries": [{"defaultQuery": {}}]}' | jq -r '.result | length')
+  echo "Received default organization response results: ${DEFAULTORG_RESPONSE_RESULTS}"
 done