diff --git a/bin/checkalive.sh b/bin/checkalive.sh
index 672fc3c28..07083bfe7 100755
--- a/bin/checkalive.sh
+++ b/bin/checkalive.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+cd "`dirname $0`"
 
 # for a production environment with high-availability requirement,
 # (and if you are using the debian version of yacy)
 # add the following line in /etc/crontab
 # 0 *	* * *	root    cd /usr/share/yacy/bin && ./checkalive.sh
 
-port=$(grep ^port= ../DATA/SETTINGS/yacy.conf |cut -d= -f2)
-RESULT=`wget -t 1 --spider http://localhost:$port/Status.html 2>&1`
 FLAG=0
-
-for x in $RESULT; do
-    if [ "$x" = '200' ]; then
-        FLAG=1
-    fi
-done
+if [ `./apicall.sh /Status.html | grep "</html>"` ]; then
+  FLAG=1
+fi
 
 if [ $FLAG -eq '0' ]; then
     cd ..
@@ -22,5 +18,4 @@ if [ $FLAG -eq '0' ]; then
     rm DATA/yacy.running
     ./startYACY.sh
 fi
-
-exit
+exit
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