diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index 22c7543ea..21948e67d 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -486,12 +486,13 @@ wait_for_web_response() {
 	url=$1
 	expected=$2
 	maxAttempts=${3:-300}
+	curlcmd=${4:-curl}
 	logfile=/root/wait_for_web_response.log
 	attempt=0
 	while [[ $attempt -lt $maxAttempts ]]; do
 		attempt=$((attempt+1))
 		echo "Waiting for value '$expected' at '$url' ($attempt/$maxAttempts)"
-		result=$(curl -ks -L $url)
+		result=$($curlcmd -ks -L $url)
 		exitcode=$?
 
 		echo "--------------------------------------------------" >> $logfile
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-kibana-space-defaults b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-kibana-space-defaults
index edf356d45..48225e2f4 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-kibana-space-defaults
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-kibana-space-defaults
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
-wait_for_web_response "http://localhost:5601/app/kibana" "Elastic"
+wait_for_web_response "http://localhost:5601/app/kibana" "Elastic" 300 "{{ ELASTICCURL }}"
 ## This hackery will be removed if using Elastic Auth ##
 
 # Let's snag a cookie from Kibana
-THECOOKIE=$(curl -c - -X GET http://localhost:5601/ | grep sid | awk '{print $7}')
+THECOOKIE=$({{ ELASTICCURL }} -c - -X GET http://localhost:5601/ | grep sid | awk '{print $7}')
 
 # Disable certain Features from showing up in the Kibana UI
 echo
 echo "Setting up default Space:"
-curl -b "sid=$THECOOKIE" -L -X PUT "localhost:5601/api/spaces/space/default" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' {"id":"default","name":"Default","disabledFeatures":["ml","enterpriseSearch","siem","logs","infrastructure","apm","uptime","monitoring","stackAlerts","actions","fleet"]} ' >> /opt/so/log/kibana/misc.log
-echo
\ No newline at end of file
+{{ ELASTICCURL }} -b "sid=$THECOOKIE" -L -X PUT "localhost:5601/api/spaces/space/default" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' {"id":"default","name":"Default","disabledFeatures":["ml","enterpriseSearch","siem","logs","infrastructure","apm","uptime","monitoring","stackAlerts","actions","fleet"]} ' >> /opt/so/log/kibana/misc.log
+echo
diff --git a/salt/kibana/bin/so-kibana-config-load b/salt/kibana/bin/so-kibana-config-load
index f07377018..d0e6f1edb 100644
--- a/salt/kibana/bin/so-kibana-config-load
+++ b/salt/kibana/bin/so-kibana-config-load
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ cp /opt/so/conf/kibana/saved_objects.ndjson.template /opt/so/conf/kibana/saved_o
 # SOCtopus and Manager
 sed -i "s/PLACEHOLDER/{{ MANAGER }}/g" /opt/so/conf/kibana/saved_objects.ndjson
 
-wait_for_web_response "http://localhost:5601/app/kibana" "Elastic"
+wait_for_web_response "http://localhost:5601/app/kibana" "Elastic" 300 "{{ ELASTICCURL }}""
 ## This hackery will be removed if using Elastic Auth ##
 
 # Let's snag a cookie from Kibana
-THECOOKIE=$(curl -c - -X GET http://localhost:5601/ | grep sid | awk '{print $7}')
+THECOOKIE=$({{ ELASTICCURL }} -c - -X GET http://localhost:5601/ | grep sid | awk '{print $7}')
 
 # Load saved objects
-curl -b "sid=$THECOOKIE" -L -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_import?overwrite=true" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@/opt/so/conf/kibana/saved_objects.ndjson >> /opt/so/log/kibana/misc.log
\ No newline at end of file
+{{ ELASTICCURL }} -b "sid=$THECOOKIE" -L -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_import?overwrite=true" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@/opt/so/conf/kibana/saved_objects.ndjson >> /opt/so/log/kibana/misc.log