diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index c35a2c85..8cf32558 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ curl_download() {
 
   # allow curl to fail w/o exiting
   set +e
-  headers=$(curl --tlsv1.2 --proto "=https" -w "%{http_code}" --silent --retry 5 -o "$output_file" -LN -D - "$url" 2>&1)
+  headers=$(curl --tlsv1.2 --proto "=https" --silent --retry 5 -o "$output_file" -LN -D - "$url" 2>&1)
   exit_code=$?
   set -e
 
-  status_code="$(echo "$headers" | tail -1)"
+  status_code="$(echo "$headers" | grep '^HTTP' | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}')"
 
   if [ "$status_code" -ne 200 ]; then
     log_debug "Request failed with http status $status_code"