diff --git a/healthcheck.sh b/healthcheck.sh
index c736d81e..4f384e84 100644
--- a/healthcheck.sh
+++ b/healthcheck.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-ping -W 1 -w 1 -q -s 8 1.1.1.1 &> /dev/null
-status=$?
-if [ $status = 0 ]; then
-  exit 0
-fi
-printf "Pinging 1.1.1.1 resulted in error status code $status"
+out="$(ping -W 3 -c 1 -q -s 8 1.1.1.1)"
+[ $? != 0 ] || exit 0
+printf "$out"
 exit 1
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