diff --git a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker-ss b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker-ss
index b8f8f641a..cc7d8c0e9 100755
--- a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker-ss
+++ b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker-ss
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ while true; do
 	[ "$host" = "$hosts" ] || {
 		hosts="${hosts#* } $host"
 	}
-	if curl -s --socks5 "${proxy}" --max-time "${timeout}" "$host" &>/dev/null ; then
+	if curl -sL --fail --socks5 "${proxy}" --max-time "${timeout}" "$host" -o /dev/null ; then
 		nocontact=""
 		[ "${last}" -ge "${retry}" ] || [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.omr.shadowsocks)" = "" ] && {
 			log "Shadowsocks is up (can contact ${host})"