diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-auth-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-auth-tests.yml
index 6787806e9..238fed683 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-auth-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-auth-tests.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ jobs:
           yq eval '.server.auth.provider_config.jwks.token = "${{ env.TOKEN }}"' -i $run_dir/run.yaml
           cat $run_dir/run.yaml
 
+          # avoid line breaks in the server log, especially because we grep it below.
+          export COLUMNS=1984
           nohup uv run llama stack run $run_dir/run.yaml --image-type venv > server.log 2>&1 &
 
       - name: Wait for Llama Stack server to be ready