diff --git a/src/routes/provision.js b/src/routes/provision.js
index 9e7cff2ec..012044911 100644
--- a/src/routes/provision.js
+++ b/src/routes/provision.js
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@ async function providerTokenAuth(req, res, next) {
     if (settings.provider() === 'ami') {
         if (typeof req.body.providerToken !== 'string' || !req.body.providerToken) return next(new HttpError(400, 'providerToken must be a non empty string'));
 
-        const [error, response] = await superagent.get('http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id').timeout(30 * 1000).ok(() => true);
+        const [error, response] = await safe(superagent.get('http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id').timeout(30 * 1000).ok(() => true));
         if (error) return next(new HttpError(422, `Network error getting EC2 metadata: ${error.message}`));
-        if (response.statusCode !== 200) return next(new HttpError(422, `Unable to get EC2 meta data. statusCode: ${response.status}`));
-
-        if (response.body !== req.body.providerToken) return next(new HttpError(422, 'Instance ID does not match'));
+        if (response.status !== 200) return next(new HttpError(422, `Unable to get EC2 meta data. statusCode: ${response.status}`));
+        if (response.text !== req.body.providerToken) return next(new HttpError(422, 'Instance ID does not match'));
 
         next();
     } else {