diff --git a/elasticsearch/docker-healthcheck b/elasticsearch/docker-healthcheck
index 653a034..755669c 100755
--- a/elasticsearch/docker-healthcheck
+++ b/elasticsearch/docker-healthcheck
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 set -eo pipefail
 
 host="$(hostname --ip-address || echo '127.0.0.1')"
-
+health="$(curl -fsSL "http://$host:9200/_cat/health?h=status")"
+echo $health
 if health="$(curl -fsSL "http://$host:9200/_cat/health?h=status")"; then
 	health="$(echo "$health" | sed -r 's/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$//g')" # trim whitespace (otherwise we'll have "green ")
 	if [ "$health" = 'green' ]; then