diff --git a/autodist-cgi b/autodist-cgi
index 6bdeb7c..04048c4 100755
--- a/autodist-cgi
+++ b/autodist-cgi
@@ -358,10 +358,14 @@ done
 # only root host (0) calls other hosts
 if [ "$AS_HOST" = "0" -a ! "$SHOWLOG" ]; then
    for h in `seq 1 ${#AUTOPORT_CGI_HOST[*]}`; do
-      if [ "$NUM" -a "$HOST" = "$h" ]; then
-         curl "${AUTOPORT_CGI_HOST[$h]}?AS_HOST=$h&LINES=$LINES&NUM=$NUM&REP=$RNUM&HOST=$HOST" 2>/dev/null
-      elif [ ! "$NUM" ]; then
-         curl "${AUTOPORT_CGI_HOST[$h]}?AS_HOST=$h&LINES=$LINES" 2>/dev/null
+      WBHOSTURL=`echo ${AUTOPORT_CGI_HOST[$h]} | sed "s|^\(http[s]*://[^/]*\).*$|\1|"`
+      if [ "$WBHOSTURL" ]; then
+         curl -m1 -s -I ${WBHOSTURL} >/dev/null || continue
+         if [ "$NUM" -a "$HOST" = "$h" ]; then
+            curl "${AUTOPORT_CGI_HOST[$h]}?AS_HOST=$h&LINES=$LINES&NUM=$NUM&REP=$RNUM&HOST=$HOST" 2>/dev/null
+         elif [ ! "$NUM" ]; then
+            curl "${AUTOPORT_CGI_HOST[$h]}?AS_HOST=$h&LINES=$LINES" 2>/dev/null
+         fi
       fi
    done
 fi