diff --git a/src/bin/start.js b/src/bin/start.js
index 3aea114..7d6b5b7 100755
--- a/src/bin/start.js
+++ b/src/bin/start.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if (!Array.isArray(services)) {
 }
 
 if (!namedArguments.expect) {
-  namedArguments.expect = 200
+  namedArguments.expect = -1
 }
 
 utils.printArguments({ services, test, namedArguments })
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 9c2c44c..01c049c 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function waitAndRun ({ start, url, runFn, namedArguments }) {
   )
   const isSuccessfulHttpCode = status =>
     (status >= 200 && status < 300) || status === 304
-  const validateStatus = namedArguments.expect
+  const validateStatus = namedArguments.expect !== -1
     ? status => status === namedArguments.expect
     : isSuccessfulHttpCode
 
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index abd1a69..27416aa 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ function printArguments ({ services, test, namedArguments }) {
   services.forEach((service, k) => {
     console.log('%d: starting server using command "%s"', k + 1, service.start)
     console.log(
-      'and when url "%s" is responding with HTTP status code %d',
+      'and when url "%s" is responding with HTTP status code %s',
       service.url,
-      namedArguments.expect
+      namedArguments.expect === -1 ? '2xx or 304' : namedArguments.expect.toString()
     )
   })