diff --git a/get-androidfilehost.sh b/get-androidfilehost.sh
index 4f54b16c06a4bcbbb35cd69a7dadaa5ef283f52d..237b0a7fd64fd8f976068ba55700d6759f220ead 100755
--- a/get-androidfilehost.sh
+++ b/get-androidfilehost.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function check_md5sum () {
   exit $?
 }
 
-if ! ping -c 1 gitlab.e.foundation 2>&1 >/dev/null
+if ! curl -s -IL https://gitlab.e.foundation | grep -q "^HTTP\/2 200"
 then
   exit 10
 fi
diff --git a/get-from-ecloud.sh b/get-from-ecloud.sh
index 75644bf9b582af7a6ea30113236ce1cf80903add..514e43209a9108f274eb00bf61b432b3be9e1215 100755
--- a/get-from-ecloud.sh
+++ b/get-from-ecloud.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 ARCHIVE_URL=$1
 FOLDER=$2
 
-if ! ping -c 1 gitlab.e.foundation 2>&1 >/dev/null
+
+if ! curl -s -IL https://gitlab.e.foundation | grep -q "^HTTP\/2 200"
 then
   exit 10
 fi