diff --git a/polymarket-bot/postsync-smoke-test.yaml b/polymarket-bot/postsync-smoke-test.yaml
index 633942e..ab55689 100644
--- a/polymarket-bot/postsync-smoke-test.yaml
+++ b/polymarket-bot/postsync-smoke-test.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
             SUMMARY=$(curl -sf --max-time 15 --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors \
               "$API/api/summary")
             echo "$SUMMARY"
-            echo "$SUMMARY" | grep -qF '"paper_mode": true' \
+            echo "$SUMMARY" | grep -qE '"paper_mode"\s*:\s*true' \
               || { echo "FAIL: paper_mode is not true"; exit 1; }
             echo "OK"