diff --git a/tasks/jasmine_dev/base.rb b/tasks/jasmine_dev/base.rb
index ea140199..0c9df609 100644
--- a/tasks/jasmine_dev/base.rb
+++ b/tasks/jasmine_dev/base.rb
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ class JasmineDev < Thor
 
     def has_node?
       run "which node", :verbose => false, :capture => true
-      last_exit_code = $?.to_s[-1]
-
-      last_exit_code == '0'
+      $?.exitstatus == 0
     end
 
     def pages_submodule_installed?