diff --git a/src/ad_test/test_startup.py b/src/ad_test/test_startup.py
index 12cb876..c0f6e02 100644
--- a/src/ad_test/test_startup.py
+++ b/src/ad_test/test_startup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from typing import List
 import pytest
 from appdaemon.appdaemon import AppDaemon
 
-from .utils import get_load_order
+from .utils import get_load_order, count_error_lines
 
 
 def validate_app_dependencies(ad: AppDaemon):
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ def test_startup(ad: AppDaemon, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture):
     with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG):
         ad.loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.sleep(2.0))
 
-    error_log_lines = [msg for name, lvl, msg in caplog.record_tuples if name.startswith('Error')]
-    assert len(error_log_lines) == 0
+    assert count_error_lines(caplog) == 0
     assert "Started 'hello_world'" in caplog.text
     assert 'App initialization complete' in caplog.text