diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 1b50ee9d..1dba8d04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   GO_VERSION: 1.21.0
+  JQ_VERSION: '1.7'
+  JQ_FORCE: false
+  BIN_NAME: appd
 
 jobs:
   chain1:
@@ -18,6 +21,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: 'Setup jq'
+        uses: dcarbone/install-jq-action@v2
+        with:
+          version: '${{ env.JQ_VERSION }}'
+          force: '${{ env.JQ_FORCE }}'
+
       - name: Setup go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
@@ -28,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Chain
         run: |
-            spawn new chain1 --bypass-prompt --bech32=roll --bin=appd --no-git --org=rollchains --denom=uroll --debug
+            spawn new chain1 --bypass-prompt --bech32=roll --bin=${{env.BIN_NAME}} --no-git --org=rollchains --denom=uroll --debug
             cd chain1
             go mod tidy
             go test ./...
@@ -38,6 +47,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Chain
         run: cd chain1 && HOME_DIR="~/.simapp" CHAIN_ID="local-1" BLOCK_TIME="2000ms" CLEAN=true sh scripts/test_node.sh &
 
-        # setup JQ?
       - name: Validate Running
-        run: sleep 20 && curl http://127.0.0.1:26657/abci_info?
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+        run: sleep 20 && ${{env.BIN_NAME}} status --output=json | jq -r 'has("sync_info")' | grep true
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