diff --git a/vkpr-test/loki-test.bats b/vkpr-test/loki-test.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82eb4e67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vkpr-test/loki-test.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+VKPR_HOME=~/.vkpr
+setup_file() {
+    load 'common-setup'
+    _common_setup
+    if [ "$VKPR_TEST_SKIP_SETUP" == "true" ]; then
+        echo "setup: skipping setup due to VKPR_TEST_SKIP_SETUP=true" >&3
+    else
+        echo "setup: installing loki...." >&3
+        rit vkpr loki install
+        kubectl wait --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m pod --all
+        sleep 2
+    fi
+}
+
+setup() {
+    load $VKPR_HOME/bats/bats-support/load.bash
+    load $VKPR_HOME/bats/bats-assert/load.bash
+}
+
+@test "curl to Loki must return ready" {
+    run echo "$(kubectl run --wait --timeout 1m curl-test --image=radial/busyboxplus:curl -i --rm --restart=Never --command -- curl -s  -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://vkpr-loki-stack:3100/ready)"
+    actual="${lines[0]}"
+    trim "$actual"
+    actual="$TRIMMED"
+    expected="ready"
+    assert_equal "$actual" "$expected"
+    
+}
+
+trim() {
+    local var="$*"
+    # remove leading whitespace characters
+    var="${var#"${var%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+    # remove trailing whitespace characters
+    var="${var%"${var##*[![:space:]]}"}"   
+    TRIMMED="$var"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vkpr/loki/install/src/unix/formula/formula.sh b/vkpr/loki/install/src/unix/formula/formula.sh
index 0f0b3908..46365c21 100755
--- a/vkpr/loki/install/src/unix/formula/formula.sh
+++ b/vkpr/loki/install/src/unix/formula/formula.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ addRepLoki(){
 
   existGrafana(){
     check_pod_name "vkpr-prometheus-stack-grafana" 
-    if [[ $POD_EXISTS ]]; then
+    if [[ $POD_EXISTS == true ]]; then
       echoColor "yellow" "Adding Loki to Grafana's datasource..."
       local LOGINGRAFANA="$($VKPR_KUBECTL get secret vkpr-prometheus-stack-grafana -o yaml | $VKPR_YQ eval '.data.admin-user' - | base64 -d):$($VKPR_KUBECTL get secret vkpr-prometheus-stack-grafana -o yaml | $VKPR_YQ eval '.data.admin-password' - | base64 -d)"
       local TOKEN_API_GRAFANA=$(curl -k -X POST -H "Host: grafana.localhost" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name": "apikeycurl","role": "Admin"}' http://$LOGINGRAFANA@127.0.0.1:8000/api/auth/keys | $VKPR_JQ --raw-output '.key')