diff --git a/tools/fleet/devnet2-gate.sh b/tools/fleet/devnet2-gate.sh
index a6ee990f9..ed58b37a4 100755
--- a/tools/fleet/devnet2-gate.sh
+++ b/tools/fleet/devnet2-gate.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ import json, sys; d=json.load(open(sys.argv[1])); d[sys.argv[2]]=int(sys.argv[3]
 PY
   for l in "${BOXES[@]}"; do set -- $l; SCP "$2" "$3" "$ROOT/dn2-override-next.json" && SSH "$2" "$3" "mv /root/fleet/in/dn2-override-next.json /root/fleet/in/dn2-override.json" || fail "$1: override push"; done
   echo "GATE step2 $(stamp) activation $name=$val at tip $tip (margin $MARGIN); restart on the new object"; restart_all
-  for i in $(seq 1 120); do sleep 15; d="$(read_box "$SEED_HOST" "$SEED_PORT" | awk '{print $2}')"; [[ "${d:-0}" -ge "$val" ]] && { echo "GATE crossed $name=$val at $(stamp) (daa $d)"; break; }; done
+  for i in $(seq 1 120); do
+    sleep 15; d="$(read_box "$SEED_HOST" "$SEED_PORT" | awk '{print $2}')"
+    if [[ "${d:-0}" -ge "$val" ]]; then echo "GATE crossed $name=$val at $(stamp), daa $d"; break; fi
+  done
 fi
 # 3. run
 echo "GATE step3 $(stamp) running $MINUTES min"; sleep $((MINUTES * 60))