diff --git a/includes/verify.yml b/includes/verify.yml
index 60507ec9a038344d3605330917a2683cb3567c86..94c8eab5911a93c974335d2da76b309dcb88885f 100644
--- a/includes/verify.yml
+++ b/includes/verify.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 .checkBuildId: &checkBuildId |
   buildIdMatches () {
     result=$(curl -sI $CI_ENVIRONMENT_URL | awk -v FS=": " '/^x-build-id/{print $2}')
+    # if there is no result, its not using our ingress
+    if [ -z "$result" ]
+      return 0
+    fi
     if [[ "${result//[$' \t\n\r']/}" == "${BUILD_ID//[$' \t\n\r']/}" ]]; then return 0; fi
     echo "expected $BUILD_ID, received: $result"
     return 1