diff --git a/salt/thehive/scripts/cortex_init b/salt/thehive/scripts/cortex_init
index beade9c4b..ce12fffe0 100644
--- a/salt/thehive/scripts/cortex_init
+++ b/salt/thehive/scripts/cortex_init
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# {%- set MANAGERIP = salt['pillar.get']('global:managerip', '') %}
 # {%- set URLBASE = salt['pillar.get']('global:url_base', '') %}
 # {%- set CORTEXUSER = salt['pillar.get']('global:cortexuser', 'cortexadmin') %}
 # {%- set CORTEXPASSWORD = salt['pillar.get']('global:cortexpassword', 'cortexchangeme') %}
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ cortex_clean(){
 }
 
 cortex_init(){
-    sleep 60
     CORTEX_API_URL="{{URLBASE}}/cortex/api"
     CORTEX_USER="{{CORTEXUSER}}"
     CORTEX_PASSWORD="{{CORTEXPASSWORD}}"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if [ -f /opt/so/state/cortex.txt ]; then
     exit 0
 else
     rm -f garbage_file
-    while ! wget -O garbage_file {{URLBASE}}:9500 2>/dev/null
+    while ! wget -O garbage_file {{MANAGERIP}}:9500 2>/dev/null
     do
       echo "Waiting for Elasticsearch..."
       rm -f garbage_file
diff --git a/salt/thehive/scripts/hive_init b/salt/thehive/scripts/hive_init
index 51eefeac8..6a836be60 100755
--- a/salt/thehive/scripts/hive_init
+++ b/salt/thehive/scripts/hive_init
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ thehive_clean(){
 }
 
 thehive_init(){
-    sleep 120
     THEHIVE_URL="{{URLBASE}}/thehive"
     THEHIVE_API_URL="$THEHIVE_URL/api"
     THEHIVE_USER="{{THEHIVEUSER}}"