diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 7a15c733a..38e6a581d 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ thehive_maint() {
   COUNT=0
   THEHIVE_CONNECTED="no"
   while [[ "$COUNT" -le 240 ]]; do
-      curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail -k "https://localhost/thehive"
+      curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail -k "https://localhost/thehive/api/alert"
           if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
               THEHIVE_CONNECTED="yes"
               echo "connected!"