diff --git a/mambabase/mambabase.kmdr b/mambabase/mambabase.kmdr
index 5b5bc0f..d3a29b4 100755
--- a/mambabase/mambabase.kmdr
+++ b/mambabase/mambabase.kmdr
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ Released under the terms of the GNU GPL v3 license</string>
    URL_OPTIONS="$URL_OPTIONS&amp;newinst=1"
 }
 dcop @dcopid KommanderIf setChecked BackBox false
-/usr/bin/curl --connect-timeout 30 -f http://www.openmamba.org/distribution/services/check.html$URL_OPTIONS
+/usr/bin/wget -T 30 http://www.openmamba.org/distribution/services/check.html$URL_OPTIONS -o /dev/null
 RET=$?
 if [ $RET -eq 0 ]; then
    dcop @dcopid KommanderIf setVisible checkButton false