diff --git a/test/test_stream.sh b/test/test_stream.sh
index 021306bf..2017bbfc 100755
--- a/test/test_stream.sh
+++ b/test/test_stream.sh
@@ -185,7 +185,9 @@ sleep 1
# Restconf stream subscription RFC8040 Sec 6.3
# Start Subscription w error
new "restconf monitor event nonexist stream"
-expectwait "curl $CURLOPTS -X GET -H \"Accept: text/event-stream\" -H \"Cache-Control: no-cache\" -H \"Connection: keep-alive\" $RCPROTO://localhost/streams/NOTEXIST" 0 'applicationinvalid-valueerrorNo such stream' 2
+# Note cant use -S or -i here, the former dont know, latter because expectwait cant take
+# partial returns like expectpart can
+expectwait "curl -sk -X GET -H \"Accept: text/event-stream\" -H \"Cache-Control: no-cache\" -H \"Connection: keep-alive\" $RCPROTO://localhost/streams/NOTEXIST" 0 'applicationinvalid-valueerrorNo such stream' 2
# 2a) start subscription 8s - expect 1-2 notifications
new "2a) start subscriptions 8s - expect 1-2 notifications"