diff --git a/tests/examples.bats b/tests/examples.bats
index 22f93a9c..f5796060 100644
--- a/tests/examples.bats
+++ b/tests/examples.bats
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ setup() {
 }
 
 @test "example: react" {
-  skip_unless_secrets_available "$TESTDIR"/examples/react/inputs.yaml
+    skip_unless_secrets_available "$TESTDIR"/examples/react/inputs.yaml
 
-  run "$DAGGER" compute -l fatal "$TESTDIR"/../examples/react --input-yaml "$TESTDIR"/examples/react/inputs.yaml
-  assert_success
-  url=$(echo "$output" | jq -r .www.deployUrl)
-  run curl -sS "$url"
-  assert_success
-  assert_output --partial "Todo App"
+    "$DAGGER" new --plan-dir "$TESTDIR"/../examples/react react
+    sops -d "$TESTDIR"/examples/react/inputs.yaml | "$DAGGER" -d "react" input yaml "" -f -
+    "$DAGGER" up -d "react"
+
+    # curl the URL we just deployed to check if it worked
+    deployUrl=$("$DAGGER" query -l error -f text -d "react" www.deployUrl)
+    echo "=>$deployUrl<="
+    run curl -sS "$deployUrl"
+    assert_success
+    assert_output --partial "Todo App"
 }