diff --git a/lib/tasks/smoke_test.rake b/lib/tasks/smoke_test.rake
index 61f0a74ce92..2558558ad8c 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/smoke_test.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/smoke_test.rake
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ task "smoke:test" do
 
   results = ""
 
-  "node #{Rails.root}/test/smoke_test.js #{url}"
-
-  IO.popen(command).each do |line|
+  IO.popen("node #{Rails.root}/test/smoke_test.js #{url}").each do |line|
     puts line
     results << line
   end