diff --git a/scripts/run_tests.sh b/scripts/run_tests.sh
index abfc112..e996213 100755
--- a/scripts/run_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ function wait_for_kafka(){
     do
         echo "Waiting for kafka cluster $1 to be ready ..."
         # kafkacat has 5s timeout
-        kafkacat -b "${server}" -L > /dev/null 2>&1 && break
+        # kafkacat -b "${server}" -L > /dev/null 2>&1 && break
+        kafkacat -b "${server}" -L && break
     done
 }